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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rēH
Meaning: single, one of a pair
Chinese: 儷 *r_ēs a pair; one of a pair, mate, companion.
Tibetan: re single, a single one.
Burmese: hriʔ be identical, equal.
Kachin: (H) kri alone, all by itself.
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 嫠 *rǝ widow, 孷 *rǝ twins; Jnp. khrai1 be alone, ǯǝkhrai1 an orphan.
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Character: 儷
Modern (Beijing) reading: lì
Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)ēs
Classic Old Chinese: r(h)ēh
Western Han Chinese: r(h)ēh
Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)iēh
Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iḕj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iḕj
Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iḕj
Middle Chinese: lìej
English meaning : a pair; one of a pair, mate, companion.
Russian meaning[s]: пара, чета; парный
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 6945
Karlgren code: 0878 c
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