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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ć[ǝ̄j] ( ~ ʒ́-)
Meaning: rainbow
Chinese: *ćǝ̄j rising vapours, rainbow.
Tibetan: ãʒ́a rainbow.
Burmese: ćǝwʔ rainbow.
Comments: Here perhaps Kanauri ʒū, Gurung nxã:m.3=ʒyo, Sichuan *cV 'cloud' (?)
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: jī
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćǝ̄j
Classic Old Chinese: cǝ̄j
Western Han Chinese: cǝ̄j
Eastern Han Chinese: cǝ̄j
Early Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄j
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄j
Late Postclassic Chinese: cǝ̄j
Middle Chinese: ciej
English meaning : to ascend, rise; the mist rises
Comments: Also read *ćǝ̄j-s, MC cìej, Pek. jì id.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0593 r
Shijing occurrences: 51.2
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