Character: 規
Modern (Beijing) reading: guī
Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷe
Classic Old Chinese: kwe
Western Han Chinese: kwe
Eastern Han Chinese: kjwe
Early Postclassic Chinese: kjwe
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kjwe
Late Postclassic Chinese: kjwe
Middle Chinese: kjwe
English meaning : a ruler (instrument); rule, plan
Russian meaning[s]: 1) циркуль; 2) норма, правило, образец; 3) установление, порядок; 4) выправлять; 5) планировать; 6) подражать, копировать
Comments: Attested already in Early Zhou bronze inscriptions, but absent in Schüssler's dictionary.
Radical: 147
Four-angle index: 7433
Karlgren code: 0875 a
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