Character: 芼
Modern (Beijing) reading: mào
Preclassic Old Chinese: m(h)āws
Classic Old Chinese: m(h)āwh
Western Han Chinese: m(h)āwh
Eastern Han Chinese: m(h)āwh
Early Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ā̀w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ā̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese: m(h)ā̀w
Middle Chinese: mầw
English meaning : to cull vegetables
Russian meaning[s]: 1) овощи; 2) отбирать, выбирать
Shuowen gloss: 覆蔓.從草.毛聲.詩曰左右芼之.
Comments: There is also a 平聲 reading *m(h)āw, MC mâw (FQ 莫袍), Pek. máo 'vegetable plants (esp. used in soup)'. It is obviously the source of derivation for *m(h)āw-s, but is itself attested only since Late Zhou.
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 7226
Karlgren code: 1137 g
Shijing occurrences: 1.3_
