Character: 淚
Modern (Beijing) reading: lèi
Preclassic Old Chinese: ruts
Classic Old Chinese: rwǝć
Western Han Chinese: rwǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: rwǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: lwɨś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwɨ̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: lwɨ̀j
Middle Chinese: lwì
English meaning : tear [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: слезы; плакать
Comments: Another loan from the same source is Viet. lụy 'tears'. For *r cf. Xiamen lui6, Fuzhou loi6, Chaozhou lui4.
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 4972
Karlgren code: 0532 c
Vietnamese reading: lệ
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