Character: 撈
Modern (Beijing) reading: lāo
Preclassic Old Chinese: rāw
Classic Old Chinese: rāw
Western Han Chinese: rāw
Eastern Han Chinese: rāw
Early Postclassic Chinese: lāw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lāw
Late Postclassic Chinese: lāw
Middle Chinese: lâw
English meaning : to grasp (smth. in the water) [Tang]
Russian meaning[s]: вылавливать (из воды); черпать (воду)
Comments: Modern tone is irregular: Min dialects unanimously point to *r-, not *rh- (cf. Xiamen lo2, Chaozhou lau2, Fuzhou lɔ2, Jianou lau2 < *lầw).
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 4743
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