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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lŏ (~ -ǝ̆w)
Meaning: snake, snail
Chinese: *lo snail.
Tibetan: klu hooked snake; serpent-demon.
Comments: Cf. PAA *lɔ 'snail', SM *go-lo, PAN *haluh 'lizard sp., iguana'.
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: yú
Preclassic Old Chinese: lo
Classic Old Chinese: lo
Western Han Chinese: lwa
Eastern Han Chinese: źwa
Early Postclassic Chinese: źwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jwo
Late Postclassic Chinese: jwo
Middle Chinese:
English meaning : snail [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 蛞蝓 садовая улитка (Meghimatium bilineatum)
Comments: A parallel (dialectal) reading is MC źü, Pek. chú id.
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Radical: 142
Four-angle index: 8780
Karlgren code: 0125 r
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