Character: 訴
Modern (Beijing) reading: sù
Preclassic Old Chinese: sŋ(h)āks
Classic Old Chinese: (s)ŋ̥āh
Western Han Chinese: (s)ŋ̥āh
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ̥āh
Early Postclassic Chinese: sṑ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: sṑ
Late Postclassic Chinese: sṑ
Middle Chinese: sò
English meaning : to complain, denounce; to express, declare
Russian meaning[s]: 1) жаловаться, наговаривать; обвинять; жалоба, кляуза; 2) сообщать, излагать, говорить; 3) Су (фамилия)
Comments: In Early Zhou written as 愬. The reconstruction *sŋh- is suggested by xieh-sheng, but not very certain (regularly *xò would be expected in MC); at any rate, graphic similarity with 斥 *thiak q.v. is probably accidental. Standard Sino-Viet. is tố. A possible etymology see under 語.
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 2021
Karlgren code: 0792 j, 769 c
Vietnamese reading: to`
Shijing occurrences: 26.2_
