Character: 磨
Modern (Beijing) reading: mó
Preclassic Old Chinese: māj
Classic Old Chinese: māj
Western Han Chinese: māj
Eastern Han Chinese: mǟ
Early Postclassic Chinese: mā
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mā
Late Postclassic Chinese: mā
Middle Chinese: mwâ
English meaning : to grind, polish
Russian meaning[s]: 1) молоть, тереть; точить; растирать; полировать; убивать (время); 2) трения, трудности; перипетии; 3) совершенствовать(ся); [mò] 1) мельничный жернов; точильный камень; мельница; 2) раз, один раз
Comments: Also read *māj-s, MC mwầ (FQ 摸臥), Mand. mò 'grinding stone'. Regular Sino-Viet. is ma. For *m- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou bua2, Fuzhou mo2, Meixian, Guangzhou mɔ2, Shaowu mai2 (for 'grinding stone': Xiamen bo6, mo6, Fuzhou mo6, Chaozhou bo6, Jianou mo6).
Radical: 112
Four-angle index: 1103
Karlgren code: 0017 f
Vietnamese reading: mài
Jianchuan Bai: ŋui2-, uĩ2, mo2
Dali Bai: ue3, mo2, ma5
Bijiang Bai: mi2, mo2
Shijing occurrences: 55.1_
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