Character: 胃
Modern (Beijing) reading: wèi
Preclassic Old Chinese: wǝts
Classic Old Chinese: wǝć
Western Han Chinese: wǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: wǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: wɨś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: wɨ̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: wɨ̀j
Middle Chinese: wɨ̀j
English meaning : stomach [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) желудок; 2) название созвездия
Comments: The character is attested since L. Zhou, but only denoting a name of a constellation (the meaning 'stomach', although no doubt archaic, appears only since Han). For *w- cf. Min forms: Xiamen ui6, Fuzhou oi6, Chaozhou ui4.
Radical: 130
Four-angle index: 3537
Karlgren code: 0523 a-b
Jianchuan Bai: vu2
Dali Bai: vu2
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