Character: 槌
Modern (Beijing) reading: chuí
Preclassic Old Chinese: dhruj
Classic Old Chinese: dhrwǝj
Western Han Chinese: ḍhwǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: ḍhwǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍhwij
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍhwij
Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍhwi
Middle Chinese: ḍwi
English meaning : club, cudgel; hammer [LZ]
Comments: Originally (L.Zhou) written as 椎; the character 槌 appears somewhat later (during Han). Another Viet. loanword from the same source is dùi 'bludgeon, club, cudgel'. For *dh- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou, Fuzhou thui2.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Vietnamese reading: chùy
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