Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 敖

Modern (Beijing) reading: áo

Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)āw

Classic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)āw

Western Han Chinese: ŋ(h)āw

Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ(h)āw

Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)āw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)āw

Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)āw

Middle Chinese: ŋâw

English meaning : to amuse oneself

Russian meaning[s]: 1) бродить; гулять, шататься, развлекаться; 2) Ао (фамилия)

Comments: Another meaning: (perhaps) 'be tall' (Zheng X.).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 66

Four-angle index: 6214

Karlgren code: 1130 a-b

Go-on: gau

Kan-on: gau

Shijing occurrences: 26.1, 30.1_, 57.3_

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