Character: 吸
Modern (Beijing) reading: xī
Preclassic Old Chinese: sŋǝp (~ h-)
Classic Old Chinese: ŋ̥ǝp
Western Han Chinese: ŋ̥ǝp
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ̥ǝp
Early Postclassic Chinese: hip
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hip
Late Postclassic Chinese: hip
Middle Chinese: xip
English meaning : to inhale, to absorb [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) вдыхать, втягивать; вдох; затянуться (напр. дымом); курить; всасывать, потягивать; впитывать; 2) привлекать
Comments: In Viet. cf. also hó'p 'to sip', húp 'to drink (soup etc.)'.
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 6350
Karlgren code: 0681 j
Vietnamese reading: hấp
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