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Character: 巧
Modern (Beijing) reading: qiǎo
Preclassic Old Chinese: khrūʔ
Classic Old Chinese: khrū́
Western Han Chinese: khrǝ̄́w
Eastern Han Chinese: khrǝ̄́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: khǝ̣̄́w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khạ̄́w
Late Postclassic Chinese: khạ̄́w
Middle Chinese: khạ́w
English meaning : be artful, skilful, clever
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ловкий; искусный; сноровка; отлично, хорошо; искусная работа; 2) фальшивый; 3) случайно; кстати; 4) 8-е число (в телеграммах)
Comments: Also read OC *khrūʔ-s, MC khạ̀w id. Regular Sino-Viet. is xa`o.
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 48
Four-angle index: 4429
Karlgren code: 1041 l
Vietnamese reading: khiếu
Shijing occurrences: 57.2
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