Character: 椒
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiāo
Preclassic Old Chinese: cew
Classic Old Chinese: cew
Western Han Chinese: cjaw
Eastern Han Chinese: cjaw
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjew
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjew
Late Postclassic Chinese: cjew
Middle Chinese: cjew
English meaning : Chinese prickly ash, also called Szechuan or Japanese pepper (Xanthoxylum simulans), used as condiment
Russian meaning[s]: 1) перец; перечное дерево; 2) вершина горы; крутой, отвесный; 3) крайний, последний
Comments: Also read *cēw, MC ciew id.; used as well in a die-sheng 椒聊 *cēw-rēw 'pepper plant'.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 5946
Karlgren code: 1031 q
Vietnamese reading: tiêu
Jianchuan Bai: -ci1
Dali Bai: -ci7
Bijiang Bai: -ce7
