Character: 柏
Modern (Beijing) reading: bǎi
Preclassic Old Chinese: prāk
Classic Old Chinese: prāk
Western Han Chinese: prāk
Eastern Han Chinese: prāk
Early Postclassic Chinese: pẹ̄k
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pẹ̄k
Late Postclassic Chinese: pẹ̄k
Middle Chinese: pạ̈ik
English meaning : cypress (Thuja orientalis,cypressus funebris)
Russian meaning[s]: 1) кипарис; общее название для кипариса, туи и т. п.; 2) теснить, вм. 迫; 3) Бо, Бай (фамилия)
Comments: The word bears resemblance to some IE and NC names (IE *bherǝǵ-, NC *wē(r)qwV).
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 1635
Karlgren code: 0782 j
Vietnamese reading: bá
Shijing occurrences: 26.1, 45.1, 45.2
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