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Chinese characters :
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Character: 爝
Modern (Beijing) reading: jué
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́(h)ekʷ (~ -a-)
Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)euk
Western Han Chinese: ʒ(h)jauk
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ(h)jauk
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jauk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jak
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)jak
Middle Chinese: ʒjak
English meaning : torch
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 1121 e
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćĕkʷ
Meaning: fire, torch
Tibetan: źugs (resp.) fire.
Kachin: čiʔ3 be kindled, on fire.
Lushai: thuk a fireplace, a stove.
Comments: The Lush. form can be alternatively compared with OCh. � *cūks (~ ć-) cooking-place, stove. Cf. also Konyak *ʒak / *chak, Manipuri chak 'burn', Naga *cuk, Magar chok 'dry'; perhaps also Tujia lau.4 tshi.4, Lepcha să-tsŭk, Aka *ʒV 'sun'.
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