Character: 脊
Modern (Beijing) reading: jǐ
Preclassic Old Chinese: cek (~ ć-)
Classic Old Chinese: cek
Western Han Chinese: cek
Eastern Han Chinese: cjek
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjek
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjek
Late Postclassic Chinese: cjek
English meaning : fundamental principle
Russian meaning[s]: 1) позвоночник; хребет; стреха крыши; 2) основа, суть
Comments: The original meaning is 'spine', attested only during Late Zhou; the character is used also in 脊令 name of a bird ('wagtail', Shijing), and during LZ as a loan for *ʒek ( ~ *ʒ́-) 'to trample, oppress'.
Radical: 130
Four-angle index: 3556
Karlgren code: 0852 a
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