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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: tí
Preclassic Old Chinese:
Classic Old Chinese:
Western Han Chinese:
Eastern Han Chinese: diē
Early Postclassic Chinese: diēj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: diēj
Late Postclassic Chinese: diēj
Middle Chinese: diej
English meaning : peace, happiness
Comments: Also read *de, MC ʒ́e; *te, MC će id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0866 e
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t(j)ē
Meaning: peaceful, quiet
Chinese: *te, *dē̆ peace, happiness; 提 *dē calm.
Tibetan: źi to become quiet, calm; bde be happy.
Kachin: (H) šiŋdi be quiet, peaceful.
Comments: Peiros-Starostin 211; Coblin 91. Cf. Austric: PAA *tVj 'rest', PAN *sa(n)day, *sa(n)daR 'lean, rest on'.
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