Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 辭

Modern (Beijing) reading: cí

Preclassic Old Chinese: lhǝ

Classic Old Chinese: lhǝ

Western Han Chinese: lhǝ

Eastern Han Chinese: zhǝ

Early Postclassic Chinese: zhɨ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhɨ

Late Postclassic Chinese: zhɨ

Middle Chinese: zjɨ

English meaning : words, speech; excuse, indictment, pleading

Russian meaning[s]: 1) речь, слова; выступление; показание; выражение, фраза; говорить; 2) отказать; отказаться; зарекаться; уступить; распрощаться; уволить; подать в отставку; 3) повод, предлог

Comments: Viet. lò'i is an archaic loanword; regular Sino-Viet. is tù'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 160

Four-angle index: 2419

Karlgren code: 0968 a

Vietnamese reading: lò'i

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