Character: 牙
Modern (Beijing) reading: yá
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋrā
Classic Old Chinese: ŋrā
Western Han Chinese: ŋrā
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋrǟ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄
Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋạ̄
Middle Chinese: ŋạ
English meaning : tooth, tusk, (ivory)
Russian meaning[s]: 1) зуб, клык; вцепиться зубами; зубчатый; 2) слоновая кость; 3) посредник, комиссионер; маклер; 4) стар. невысокие военные должности; 5) умный, понятливый; 6) Я (фамилия)
Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is nha. For *ŋ- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou ge2, Fuzhou, Jianou ŋa2.
Radical: 92
Four-angle index: 3251
Karlgren code: 0037 a-b
Vietnamese reading: ngà
Shijing occurrences: 17.3
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