Character: 嫖
Modern (Beijing) reading: piaō
Preclassic Old Chinese: phew
Classic Old Chinese: phew
Western Han Chinese: phjaw
Eastern Han Chinese: phjaw
Early Postclassic Chinese: phjew
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phjew
Late Postclassic Chinese: phjew
Middle Chinese: phjew
English meaning : easy, mobile, elegant [Han]
Comments: Also read *phew-s, MC phjèw id. A later attested (post-Tang) reading is *bhew, MC bjew 'lecherous, lewd' > mod. piáo, Xiamen phiau2, Chaozhou phiǝu2, Fuzhou phieu2.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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