Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛāk

Meaning: take, grasp, choose

Chinese: 擇 *Ł_āk choose.

Kachin: lǝgraʔ² a handful, mǝgraʔ² to seize, grasp, (H) gra id.

Lushai: lek to take or hold in the hand.

Chinese characters :

Character: 擇

Modern (Beijing) reading: zé

Preclassic Old Chinese: Ł(h)āk

Classic Old Chinese: Ł(h)āk

Western Han Chinese: lāk (~ Łh-)

Eastern Han Chinese: lāk (~ lh-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)āk

Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)āk

Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)āk

Middle Chinese: ḍạ̈ik

English meaning : to choose, select

Russian meaning[s]: 1) выбирать, отбирать; 2) быть разборчивым в...

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 64

Four-angle index: 2442

Karlgren code: 0790 n

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 2150

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 擇

MC description : A: 梗開二入陌澄; B: 梗開二入陌澄

ZIHUI: A: 2344 0145; B: 2344 1087

Beijing: A: cô 12 (lit.); c̣ai 12; B: c̣ai 12

Jinan: A: c̣ei 12; B: c̣ei 12

Xi'an: A: cei 12; B: cei 12

Taiyuan: A: caʔ 42; cǝʔ 42; B: cǝʔ 42; caʔ 42

Hankou: A: chô 12; B: chô 12

Chengdu: A: che 12; B: che 12

Yangzhou: A: cǝʔ 4; B: cǝʔ 4

Suzhou: A: zôʔ 42; B: zôʔ 42

Wenzhou: A: ʒa 42; B: ʒa 42

Changsha: A: chô 4; B: chô 4

Shuangfeng: A: ćhiɛ XH; B: ćhiɛ 12

Nanchang: A: chɛt 41; B: cak 41

Meixian: A: chɛt 42; B: chɛt 42

Guangzhou: A: čāk 42; B: čāk 42

Xiamen: A: tîk 42 (lit.); tiaʔ 42; toʔ 42; B: tîk 42 (lit.); tiaʔ 41; toʔ 42

Chaozhou: A: toʔ 42; cek 42 (lit.); B: toʔ 42

Fuzhou: A: teiʔ 42; B: teiʔ 41

Shanghai: A: zôʔ 42; B: zôʔ 42

Zhongyuan yinyun: A: čai 41; B: čai 41

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