Character: 吹
Modern (Beijing) reading: chuī
Preclassic Old Chinese: thoj
Classic Old Chinese: thwaj
Western Han Chinese: thwaj
Eastern Han Chinese: ćhwe
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćhwe
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćhwe
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćhwe
Middle Chinese: ćhwe
English meaning : to blow; play a wind instrument
Russian meaning[s]: 1) дуть; сдувать; выдувать (стекло, бутылку); 2) хвастать(ся); болтать; [chuì] трубить; играть (на духовом инструменте)
Comments: Traditionally read as *thoj-s, MC ćhwè, Mand. chùi in the second meaning ('play a wind instrument'). Standard Sino-Viet. readings are xuy, xúy.
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 4801
Karlgren code: 0030 a
Vietnamese reading: thô`i
Shijing occurrences: 32.1, 32.2
