Character: 需
Modern (Beijing) reading: xū
Preclassic Old Chinese: snho
Classic Old Chinese: sn̥o
Western Han Chinese: sn̥wa
Eastern Han Chinese: s(h)jwa
Early Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jwo
Late Postclassic Chinese: s(h)jwo
Middle Chinese: sjü
English meaning : tarry; wait [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: потребность, нужда, необходимость; необходимо; необходимый, нужный; нуждаться; потребно; требуется
Comments: The word was originally written as 須 q.v., so it is possible that we should reconstruct *so here. The character actually has other attested readings: *norʔ / *nōrʔ (MC ńwén / nwấn, Pek. ruǎn / nuǎn) 'weak, supple' - by phonetic and graphic confusion with 耎 q. v. A not quite clear case.
Radical: 173
Four-angle index: 3680
Karlgren code: 0134 a
