Character: 胎
Modern (Beijing) reading: tāi
Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛ(h)ǝ̄
Classic Old Chinese: ƛ(h)ǝ̄
Western Han Chinese: l̥ǝ̄ (~ ƛh-)
Eastern Han Chinese: l̥ǝ̄
Early Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄
Middle Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄
Late Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄j
Middle Chinese: thʌj
English meaning : phoetus [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) зародыш; плод; плацента; зачать, забеременеть; 2) необожженная посуда; лепка; 3) донышко
Comments: Since Han used also for a homonymous *ƛ(h)ǝ̄ 'bottom, lower part of a vessel'; since Song - for a homonymous (MC thлj) name of earthenware.
Radical: 130
Four-angle index: 1432
Vietnamese reading: thai
