Character: 虺
Modern (Beijing) reading: huǐ
Preclassic Old Chinese: sŋuj
Classic Old Chinese: ŋ̥wǝj
Western Han Chinese: ŋ̥wǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ̥wǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: hwɨj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hwɨj
Late Postclassic Chinese: hwɨj
Middle Chinese: xwɨ́j
English meaning : snake-brood
Russian meaning[s]: ядовитая змея
Shuowen gloss: 以注鳴者.詩曰.胡為虺蜥.從蟲兀聲.
Comments: Used also for *sŋūj, MC xoj (FQ ZhY 呼回, Pek. huī) (reduplicated) 'be rumbling (of thunder)'; also in a binome *sŋūj-lūj 虺隤 'be fagged out'.
Radical: 142
Four-angle index: 7291
Karlgren code: 0572 a
Shijing occurrences: 3.2, 30.4
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