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Character: 芋
Modern (Beijing) reading: yù
Preclassic Old Chinese: was
Classic Old Chinese: wah
Western Han Chinese: wah
Eastern Han Chinese: wah
Early Postclassic Chinese: wò
Middle Postclassic Chinese: wò
Late Postclassic Chinese: wò
Middle Chinese: ɦǜ
English meaning : taro, Colocasia [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: батат, сладкий картофель
Comments: For *w- cf. Xiamen ɔ6, Chaozhou ou6, Fuzhou uo6, Jianou ü6. The character is attested already in Shijing, but only as a loan for 宇 q.v.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 3242
Karlgren code: 0097 o
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