Character: 韎
Modern (Beijing) reading: mèi
Preclassic Old Chinese: mhǝ̄ts
Classic Old Chinese: mhǝ̄ć
Western Han Chinese: mhǝ̄ś
Eastern Han Chinese: mhǝ̄ś
Early Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄ś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄̀j
Middle Chinese: mòj
English meaning : a madder-dyed ceremonial apron of leather (韎鞈)
Comments: During LZ also read *mhǝ̄t-s, *mhrǝ̄t-s (MC mòj, mạ̈̀j) 'a k. of music of the Eastern barbarians'. For *mh- cf. Fuzhou muoi5.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0531 q
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