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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: guǒ
Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷājʔ
Classic Old Chinese: kwā́j
Western Han Chinese: kwā́j
Eastern Han Chinese: kwǟ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: kwā́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwā́
Late Postclassic Chinese: kwā́
Middle Chinese: kwấ
English meaning : a k. of small wasp
Comments: Used only in the compound 蜾蠃 *kʷājʔrōjʔ.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0351 c
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *guājH (*guājH-*ruājH)
Meaning: bee, wasp
Chinese: 蜾蠃 *kōjʔ-r_ōjʔ a small wasp.
Burmese: kwajh dammer-bee.
Kachin: numroi4 a bee, (H) mǝroi.
Lushai: khuai, khoi bee.
Comments: Gurung kwe, Thakali koy; Rawang kha bee (domesticated); Chepang kwaay. Ben. 44; Bod. 138. Cf. PAA *kǝ-wVj 'bee, wasp'.
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