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Modern (Beijing) reading: róu
Preclassic Old Chinese: nu
Classic Old Chinese: nu
Western Han Chinese: nǝw
Eastern Han Chinese: ńǝw
Early Postclassic Chinese: ńiw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ńǝw
Late Postclassic Chinese: ńǝw
Middle Chinese: ńǝw
English meaning : be soft, gentle
Russian meaning[s]: 1) мягкий; слабый; нежный; уступчивый; размягчать; размачивать; 2) разморить; 3) умиротворить; 4) четный
Comments: For *n cf. Xiamen ʒiu2, Fuzhou iu2, Chaozhou ziu2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 5226
Karlgren code: 1105 a
Vietnamese reading: nhu
Shijing occurrences: 57.2
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