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Modern (Beijing) reading: shǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: slaʔ (~ ƛ-)
Classic Old Chinese: l̥á
Western Han Chinese: l̥á
Eastern Han Chinese: śá
Early Postclassic Chinese: śó
Middle Postclassic Chinese: śó
Late Postclassic Chinese: śó
Middle Chinese: śö́
Fanqie: 書語
Rhyme class:
English meaning : probably: glutinous millet (Panicum miliaceum)
Russian meaning[s]: клейкое просо
Shuowen gloss: 禾屬而黏者也. 以大暑而種. 故為之黍. 從禾. 雨省聲. 孔子曰. 黍可為酒. 禾入水也. 凡黍之屬皆從黍.
Comments: During Late Zhou also used as a loan for a homonymous word meaning 'wine vessel'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 202
Four-angle index: 5539
Karlgren code: 0093 a-d
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