Character: 炒
Modern (Beijing) reading: chǎo
Preclassic Old Chinese: shrūʔ
Classic Old Chinese: shrū́
Western Han Chinese: ṣhǝ̄́w
Eastern Han Chinese: ṣhǝ̄́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣhǝ̣̄́w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣhạ̄́w
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣhạ̄́w
Middle Chinese: c̣hạ́w
English meaning : to roast, fry [Wei]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) поджарить (на сковороде); пережарить, сжечь; 2) ссориться, препираться, вм. 吵
Comments: Also read xào in Viet. Standard Sino-Viet. is xao. Originally written as **, which (together with the Bai reading) makes the reconstruction *shrūʔ probable. Besides Viet. sao there are obvious Austric parallels (Yao chau.1, Khmu ča:w 'boil, cook') - also possibly borrowed from Chinese.
Radical: 86
Four-angle index: 4065
Vietnamese reading: sao
Jianchuan Bai: chu1
Dali Bai: chu1
