Character: 悄
Modern (Beijing) reading: qiǎo
Preclassic Old Chinese: shewʔ
Classic Old Chinese: shéw
Western Han Chinese: shjáw
Eastern Han Chinese: shjáw
Early Postclassic Chinese: shjéw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: shjéw
Late Postclassic Chinese: shjéw
Middle Chinese: chjéw
English meaning : be grieved
Russian meaning[s]: 1) безмолвный, тихий; 2) унылый
Comments: In Viet. cf. also xịu 'to look sullen'. Standard Sino-Viet. is thiê`u.
Radical: 61
Four-angle index: 3584
Karlgren code: 1149 s
Vietnamese reading: xi`u
Shijing occurrences: 26.4_
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