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Character: 飀
Modern (Beijing) reading: líu
Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)u (~ -iw)
Classic Old Chinese: r(h)u
Western Han Chinese: r(h)ǝw
Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)ǝw
Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ǝw
Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ǝw
Middle Chinese: lǝw
English meaning : wind high up in the air
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: *r[ŭ]
Meaning: wind
Chinese: 飀 *r_u (~-iw) wind high up in the air.
Kachin: lǝru1 a hurricane, tornado, (H) ru to blow, as a gale.
Lushai: ṭo the storms preceding the rainy season.
Comments: Here perhaps Naga *rV, Karen *rV 'cold'.
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