Character: 劇
Modern (Beijing) reading: jù
Preclassic Old Chinese: ghrak
Classic Old Chinese: ghrak
Western Han Chinese: ghrak
Eastern Han Chinese: ghrak
Early Postclassic Chinese: ghek
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ghek
Late Postclassic Chinese: ghek
Middle Chinese: gäik
English meaning : to intensify; extremity, difficulty [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) сильный; обостренный; обостряться; еще более; чрезвычайно, очень, сильно; 2) пьеса, спектакль; драма; драматический; 3) Цзюй (фамилия)
Comments: Another meaning - "to play; play, drama" - is attested since Tang. For *gh cf. Xiamen khiɔk8, Fuzhou khiok8, Jianou khi8.
Radical: 18
Four-angle index: 2899
Karlgren code: 0803 i
Vietnamese reading: kịch
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