Character: 值
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhí
Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)rǝks
Classic Old Chinese: d(h)rǝh
Western Han Chinese: ḍ(h)ǝh
Eastern Han Chinese: ḍ(h)ǝh
Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)ɨ̀
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)ɨ̀
Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)ɨ̀
Middle Chinese: ḍɨ̀
English meaning : to hold upright
Russian meaning[s]: 1) стоить, заслуживать; 2) стоимость; цена; 3) встретиться; случиться; 4) как раз; совпасть во времени; [zhì] 1) быть на очереди; очередной; дежурить, дневалить; очередь; 2) быть уполномоченным, ведать; 3) произойти
Comments: A derivate of 直 *d(h)rǝk q.v. Some later semantic developments are 'to stay upright > wait in turn, be on duty; upright position > value, price'. In MC only the reading ḍɨ̀ is attested; nevertheless, both Pek. zhí and Viet. trụ'c (colloquial; standard Sino-Viet. is trị), as well as variant readings in Jap. (Go diki, Kan tiyoku) point to an unattested variant MC *ḍik < *d(h)rǝk.
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 741
Karlgren code: 0919 h
Go-on: di
Kan-on: ti
Japanese reading: chi;ne;atai
Vietnamese reading: trụ'c
