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Character: 爇
Modern (Beijing) reading: ruò
Preclassic Old Chinese: n(h)ot
Classic Old Chinese: n(h)wat
Western Han Chinese: n(h)wat
Eastern Han Chinese: ń(h)wat
Early Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)wet
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)wet
Late Postclassic Chinese: ń(h)wet
Middle Chinese: ńwet
English meaning : torch, torchlight; to burn [LZ]
Comments: A rather strange case of an *-o- in an *-e-series.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0330 k
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nV̆t
Meaning: burn, set fire
Kachin: nat2 to set fire to.
Comments: Cf. Jiarong kǝ-nɔt 'burn'. Cf. PAN *qinit 'heat, warmth'.
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