Character: 埋
Modern (Beijing) reading: mái
Preclassic Old Chinese: mrǝ̄
Classic Old Chinese: mrǝ̄
Western Han Chinese: mrǝ̄
Eastern Han Chinese: mrǝ̄
Early Postclassic Chinese: mǝ̣̄
Middle Postclassic Chinese: miǝ̣̄
Late Postclassic Chinese: miǝ̣̄j
Middle Chinese: mạ̈j
English meaning : to dig in, bury [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) закопать в землю, зарыть, похоронить; 2) установить, устроить; 3) спрятать, скрыть
Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is mai ( used also in a colloquial meaning ('digging tool' > 'spade'). Viet. moi, however, can go back to PAA *mu:l / *mɔ:l 'plant, dibble' - in which case the resemblance to Chinese is just a coincidence. For *m cf. Xiamen bai2, Chaozhou, Jianou mai2, Fuzhou muai2.
Radical: 32
Four-angle index: 424
Vietnamese reading: moi
