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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: yù
Preclassic Old Chinese: w(h)ǝk
Classic Old Chinese: w(h)ǝk
Western Han Chinese: w(h)ǝk
Eastern Han Chinese: w(h)ǝk
Early Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ɨk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ɨk
Late Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ɨk
Middle Chinese: ɦük
English meaning : a fabulous nocuous water animal, water demon
Comments: Also read *w(h)ǝ̄k, MC ɣwлk id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0929 r
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)ʷɨ̄̆k ( ~ ʔʷ-)
Meaning: [a k. of fabulous creature
Chinese: *w_ǝ̄̆k a fabulous nocuous water animal, water demon.
Lushai: ōk the name of a fabulous creature.
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