Character: 戎
Modern (Beijing) reading: róng
Preclassic Old Chinese: nuŋ
Classic Old Chinese: nuŋ
Western Han Chinese: nǝuŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: ńǝuŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ńɨuŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ńuŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ńuŋ
Middle Chinese: ńüŋ
English meaning : weapon; military
Russian meaning[s]: 1) оружие; воин, солдат; война; военная колесница; военный, войсковой; боевой; 2) жуны (некитайские, тюркские племена Запада); 3) великий; крупный; 4) Жун (фамилия); [nóng] вост. диал. ты, Вы
Comments: For *n cf. Xiamen ʒiɔŋ2, Fuzhou üŋ2, Chaozhou zoŋ2. The character is used also for a number of homonymous words: *nuŋ 'be great' (metaphorically used also for 'you' in the Daya section of the Shijing); *nuŋ 'aid, help'; *nuŋ 'bushy'. The latter meaning later evolved into 'soft fur, down, wool' and (since Tang) is denoted by the character 絨.
It is not to be excluded that with the meaning 'bushy' the character was actually read *noŋ: it is probably the same as 茸 *noŋ (MC ńöuŋ) 'soft, fluffy'; is used in the binome 蒙戎 (probably *mōŋ-noŋ), which rhymes in *-oŋ in Shi 37.3. Min readings are: Xiamen 絨 ʒiɔŋ2, 茸 liɔŋ2, Chaozhou zoŋ2, Fuzhou üŋ2.
Radical: 62
Four-angle index: 6810
Karlgren code: 1013 a-d
Vietnamese reading: nhung
Shijing occurrences: 37.3_
