Character: �
Modern (Beijing) reading: lèi
Preclassic Old Chinese: ruts
Classic Old Chinese: rwǝć
Western Han Chinese: rwǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: rwǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: lwɨś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwɨ̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: lwɨ̀j
Middle Chinese: lwì
English meaning : be up to standards, good
Comments: Later normally used with the meaning 'standard > class, sort'. In E.Zhou used also for a homonymous *ruts 'name of a sacrifice'. Regular Sino-Viet. is loại.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0529 a
Vietnamese reading: loài
