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Character: �
Modern (Beijing) reading: líu
Preclassic Old Chinese: riw
Classic Old Chinese: riw
Western Han Chinese: rjǝw
Eastern Han Chinese: rǝw
Early Postclassic Chinese: liw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lǝw
Late Postclassic Chinese: lǝw
Middle Chinese: lǝw
English meaning : to tie round, strangle
Comments: Also read *kriw, MC kjiw 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: *rĭw (-k)
Meaning: tie, bind
Chinese: � *riw, *kriw to tie round, strangle.
Burmese: krawʔ to bind, strand.
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