Character: 描
Modern (Beijing) reading: miáo
Preclassic Old Chinese: mraw
Classic Old Chinese: mraw
Western Han Chinese: mraw
Eastern Han Chinese: mraw
Early Postclassic Chinese: mew
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mew
Late Postclassic Chinese: mew
Middle Chinese: mew
English meaning : to draw (a line) [Tang]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) описывать; рисовать, срисовывать; копировать, обводить (контуры); подводить (брови); 2) целиться, вм. 瞄
Comments: For *m cf. Xiamen mio2, Chaozhou miǝu2, Fuzhou mieu2.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 1747
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