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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: xí
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhip
Classic Old Chinese: lhip
Western Han Chinese: lhjǝp
Eastern Han Chinese: źhǝp
Early Postclassic Chinese: źhip
Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhip
Late Postclassic Chinese: zhip
Middle Chinese: zjip
English meaning : low wet grounds, swamp
Russian meaning[s]: 1) низкая (заболоченная) местность; топь; 2) поднятая целина, новь; 3) Си (фамилия)
Comments: Viet. thấp is due to the influence of 濕 MC śip q.v.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 170
Four-angle index: 8618
Karlgren code: 0692 b
Vietnamese reading: thấp
Shijing occurrences: 38.4
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŭp
Meaning: pit
Chinese: *lhǝp low, wet ground.
Tibetan: rlubs ditch, pit, pool, abyss.
Burmese: lup a cavity, the cavity of the mouth.
Lepcha: lap a well
Comments: Sh. 40.
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