Character: 脅
Modern (Beijing) reading: xié
Preclassic Old Chinese: hap
Classic Old Chinese: hap
Western Han Chinese: hap
Eastern Han Chinese: hap
Early Postclassic Chinese: hap
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hǝp
Late Postclassic Chinese: hǝp
Middle Chinese: xǝp
English meaning : sides (of the body); to attack, oppress
Russian meaning[s]: 1) бока; ребра; 2) пожимать плечами; 3) устрашать, угрожать; 4) собираться вместе, вм. 翕
Comments: The second meaning ('attack, oppress') is attested already in Shujing, but lacks in Schüssler's dictionary.
Radical: 130
Four-angle index: 3555
Karlgren code: 0639 e
Vietnamese reading: hiếp
