Character: 挑
Modern (Beijing) reading: tiāo
Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛ(h)ēw
Classic Old Chinese: ƛ(h)ēw
Western Han Chinese: l̥jāw (~ ƛh-)
Eastern Han Chinese: l̥iāw
Early Postclassic Chinese: thiēw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: thiēw
Late Postclassic Chinese: thiēw
Middle Chinese: thiew
English meaning : to pick out, dig out; to pick up, carry on the shoulders [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) нести груз на жерди (на плече); 2) выбирать, избирать; [tiǎo] вызывать, провоцировать, вовлекать
Comments: Used also for *Ł(h)ēwʔ, MC díew (FQ 徒了), Pek. (irr.) tiǎo 'to lift up; to arouse, provoke'.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 7524
Karlgren code: 1145 o
Jianchuan Bai: tõ2
Dali Bai: to2
Bijiang Bai: to1
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