Character: 茸
Modern (Beijing) reading: róng
Preclassic Old Chinese: noŋ
Classic Old Chinese: noŋ
Western Han Chinese: noŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: ńoŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ńoŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ńoŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ńoŋ
Middle Chinese: ńöuŋ
English meaning : young shoots, young grass, young antlers; soft, fluffy [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ростки, молодая зелень; мягкий, тонкий, нежный; 2) спутанный, беспорядочный; 3) мараловые рога, панты; [rǒng] непочтительный
Comments: The word is not attested before Han, but is probably a variant of the root earlier written either as 戎 (q.v.) or as 氄 q.v.
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 2689
Karlgren code: 1194 a
Vietnamese reading: nhung
