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Chinese characters :
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Character: 滫
Modern (Beijing) reading: xǐu
Preclassic Old Chinese: slhiwʔ
Classic Old Chinese: sl̥íw
Western Han Chinese: sl̥jǝ́w
Eastern Han Chinese: s(h)jǝ́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jíw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jíw
Late Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jíw
Middle Chinese: sjǝ́w
English meaning : wash rice; urinate
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lĭw(H) (s-)
Meaning: wash
Burmese: hljaw to wash clothes or the hair.
Lushai: tleu to swill (with water).
Comments: ? Cf. also OCh. 浴 *lok bathe, wash. The Lush. form is not quite regular: *thleu would be expected; but cf. also hleuʔ, KC *hleuʔ 'swim'; Angami Naga rǝlu 'bathe', Garo ru, Dimasa lu 'pour', Mikir iŋlu 'bathe', Pwo, Sgaw lu 'pour', Burm. hlau *'boat, to row' (hlij-hlau 'to row', hlau-kah 'long boat', hlau-tak 'oar', hlau-lauŋ 'canoe'.
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