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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: liǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)uʔ
Classic Old Chinese: r(h)ú
Western Han Chinese: r(h)ǝ́w
Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)ǝ́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)íw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ǝ́w
Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ǝ́w
Middle Chinese: lǝ́w
English meaning : trap for catching fish
Russian meaning[s]: верша
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 122
Four-angle index: 1765
Karlgren code: 1114 x
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rɨ̆wH (-k)
Meaning: fish trap
Chinese: *r_uʔ trap for catching fish.
Kachin: čiŋroʔ3 a fish trap.
Comments: Cf. PAA *ru /*rɔ 'fishtrap', Sora tʌru-da-yɔ id.
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