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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: ér
Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)ǝ
Classic Old Chinese: n(h)ǝ
Western Han Chinese: n(h)ǝ
Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)ǝ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ɨ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ɨ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)ɨ
Middle Chinese: ńɨ
English meaning : eggs of fish
Comments: Also read *n(h)uk, MC ńük id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŭk ( ~ -ŏ-)
Meaning: egg, embryo
Chinese: *n_uk (but also *n_ǝ) eggs of fish.
Kachin: noʔ2 a tadpole.
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