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Modern (Beijing) reading: jié
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćīt
Classic Old Chinese: cīt
Western Han Chinese: cjǝ̄t
Eastern Han Chinese: ciǝ̄t
Early Postclassic Chinese: ciēt
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ciēt
Late Postclassic Chinese: ciēt
Middle Chinese: ciet
English meaning : knot, joint in plants; degree, to regulate; (?) be crest-like
Russian meaning[s]: 1) коленце (бамбука); 2) колено; сочленение, сустав; членик; 3) подразделение, звено; 4) параграф; абзац; отрывок; 5) такт, ритм; 6) отрезок времени; сезон года; 7) праздник; 8) душевная чистота, целомудрие; 9) экономить; экономия; умеренность; регулировать; ограничивать, обуздывать; 10) пункт, вопрос; 11) счетный суффикс дел, вопросов; 12) верительная бирка (посла)
Comments: Since Han also used with the meaning "(joint > ) section; season; new season's festival" (= "joining parts of the year"). Viet. tết is a colloquial loan (only with the meaning 'new year's festival'); standard Sino-Viet. is tiết.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 118
Four-angle index: 2095
Karlgren code: 0399 e-f
Vietnamese reading: tết
Shijing occurrences: 37.1_
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