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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: xǐu
Preclassic Old Chinese: suʔ
Classic Old Chinese: sú
Western Han Chinese: sǝ́w
Eastern Han Chinese: sjǝ́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: sjíw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: sjíw
Late Postclassic Chinese: sjíw
Middle Chinese: sjǝ́w
English meaning : wash
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 1112 h
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śŭH ( ~ ch-)
Meaning: wash
Chinese: *s_uʔ wash, 溲 *s_ruʔ moisten, wash, soak.
Lushai: su (sūk) to wash (as clothes, head).
Comments: Cf. Austric: PAA *suah 'wet, dip in', PAN *hisuq 'clean, wash, scrub, scour', *besaq 'wet, wash'
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