Character: 歇
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiē
Preclassic Old Chinese: hat
Classic Old Chinese: hat
Western Han Chinese: hat
Eastern Han Chinese: hat
Early Postclassic Chinese: hat
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hǝt
Late Postclassic Chinese: hǝt
Middle Chinese: xǝt
English meaning : to rest; to finish, expire
Russian meaning[s]: 1) отдыхать; отдых; стать на отдых; переночевать; приостановить работу; передохнуть; 2) остановить(ся), прекратить(ся)
Comments: The meaning 'finish, expire; stop, rest' is attested since L.Chou; in Shijing the character is used only within 歇驕 *xat-xaw 'a short-muzzled dog'. Standard Sino-Viet. is irregular: yết.
Radical: 76
Four-angle index: 4829
Karlgren code: 0313 u
Vietnamese reading: hết
