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Modern (Beijing) reading: cuō
Preclassic Old Chinese: shōt
Classic Old Chinese: shwāt
Western Han Chinese: shwāt
Eastern Han Chinese: shwāt
Early Postclassic Chinese: shwāt
Middle Postclassic Chinese: shwāt
Late Postclassic Chinese: shwāt
Middle Chinese: chwât
English meaning : small cap
Russian meaning[s]: 1) брать в щепоть; щепотка; ничтожное количество; 2) цо (мера сыпучих тел, одна тысячная шэн); 3) сгребать, собирать; стягивать, делать в сборку; стянутый, собранный; 4) обобщать, резюмировать
Comments: The original meaning ("pinch with the fingers, a pinch-ful") is attested only since LZ; also read *cōts (MC cwầj, Pek. zùi) 'pointed' (LZ).
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 5929
Karlgren code: 0325 e
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