Character: 評
Modern (Beijing) reading: píng
Preclassic Old Chinese: bhreŋ
Classic Old Chinese: bhreŋ
Western Han Chinese: bhreŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: bhreŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: bheŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bheŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: bheŋ
Middle Chinese: bäiŋ
English meaning : to criticize, discuss [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: оценивать, критиковать; обсуждать; определять; критика, рецензия
Comments: Also read *bhreŋ-s, MC bä̀iŋ (FQ 皮命) id. For *bh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen phiŋ2, Chaozhou pheŋ2. Etymologically probably = 平 ("to level out with words").
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 2379
Go-on: biyau
Kan-on: hei
Japanese reading: hyō;agetsurau
