Character: 討
Modern (Beijing) reading: tǎo
Preclassic Old Chinese: thūʔ
Classic Old Chinese: thū́
Western Han Chinese: thǝ̄́w
Eastern Han Chinese: thǝ̄́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: thǝ̄́w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: thā́w
Late Postclassic Chinese: thā́w
Middle Chinese: thấw
English meaning : to punish
Russian meaning[s]: 1) карать; объявлять войну, идти войной; нападать; 2) доискиваться, изучать; 3) просить; требовать; взыскивать; 4) добиваться; домогаться; 5) жениться
Comments: Since Late Zhou the word has also acquired the meaning 'to examine, make out'.
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 3117
Karlgren code: 1073 d
Vietnamese reading: tha`o
