Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 燎

Modern (Beijing) reading: liào

Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)ēws

Classic Old Chinese: r(h)ēwh

Western Han Chinese: r(h)jāwh

Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)iāwh

Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iḕw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iḕw

Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)iḕw

Middle Chinese: lìew

English meaning : burnt-offering; torch; flame, burn; brilliant

Russian meaning[s]: 1) жечь, сжигать; разжигать (огонь); охватывать, распространяться (о пламени); гореть; 2) печь, жарить; 3) ясный, светлый; [liáo] ожог; [liǎo] палить, опаливать (шерсть)

Comments: Also read *r(h)ew, MC lew, *r(h)ew-s, MC lèw id.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 86

Four-angle index: 8239

Karlgren code: 1151 e

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