Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 轎

Modern (Beijing) reading: jiào

Preclassic Old Chinese: gaws

Classic Old Chinese: gawh

Western Han Chinese: gawh

Eastern Han Chinese: gawh

Early Postclassic Chinese: gèw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gèw

Late Postclassic Chinese: gèw

Middle Chinese: gèw

English meaning : palanquin, litter [Han]

Russian meaning[s]: носилки, паланкин

Comments: Also read *gaw, MC gew id.; originally derived from (or the same word as) 橋 *gaw 'bridge' q.v. For *g cf. Xiamen, Jianou kiau⁶, Chaozhou kie⁶, Fuzhou kieu⁶.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 159

Four-angle index: 3763

Vietnamese reading: kiệu

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