Character: 劣
Modern (Beijing) reading: liè
Preclassic Old Chinese: rhot
Classic Old Chinese: rhwat
Western Han Chinese: rhwat
Eastern Han Chinese: rhwat
Early Postclassic Chinese: lhwet
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lhwet
Late Postclassic Chinese: lhwet
Middle Chinese: lwet
English meaning : weak, inferior, to deteriorate [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: слабый, недостаточный; плохой, дурной, низкий; порок; дефект; брак
Comments: In Viet. cf. also synonymous words: sút, só't; standard Sino-Viet. is liệt. For *rh cf. Xiamen luat7, Chaozhou luek7, Fuzhou luok7, Jianou lüɛ7, Meixian lɔt7.
Radical: 19
Four-angle index: 4749
Vietnamese reading: sụt
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