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Character: 妻
Modern (Beijing) reading: qī
Preclassic Old Chinese: shǝ̄j
Classic Old Chinese: shǝ̄j
Western Han Chinese: shǝ̄j
Eastern Han Chinese: shǝ̄j
Early Postclassic Chinese: shǝ̄j
Middle Postclassic Chinese: shǝ̄j
Late Postclassic Chinese: shǝ̄j
Middle Chinese: chiej
English meaning : consort, wife
Russian meaning[s]: жена; [qì] женить на дочери
Comments: Also read (although attested only since Late Zhou) *shǝ̄j-s, MC chìej (FQ 七計), Pek. qì 'to marry, take as wife'.
Radical: 38
Four-angle index: 8800
Karlgren code: 0592 a-d
Shijing occurrences: 34.3, 57.1_
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chǝ̄j ( ~ -ɨ̄j)
Meaning: couple
Tibetan: mche twins.
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Number: 521
Character: 妻
MC description : 蟹開四平齊清
ZIHUI: 1089 0665
Beijing: ćhi 11
Jinan: ćhi 11
Xi'an: ćhi 11
Taiyuan: ćhi 1
Hankou: ćhi 11
Chengdu: ćhi 11
Yangzhou: ćhi 11
Suzhou: chi 11
Wenzhou: chei 11
Changsha: chi 11
Shuangfeng: ćhi 11
Nanchang: ćhi 11
Meixian: chi 11
Guangzhou: čhai 11
Xiamen: che 11; ce 31
Chaozhou: chi 11
Fuzhou: chɛ 11
Shanghai: chi 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: chi 1
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