Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 髀

Modern (Beijing) reading: bì

Preclassic Old Chinese: peʔ

Classic Old Chinese: pé

Western Han Chinese: pé

Eastern Han Chinese: pjé

Early Postclassic Chinese: pjé

Middle Postclassic Chinese: pjé

Late Postclassic Chinese: pjé

Middle Chinese: pjé

English meaning : thigh [L.Zhou]

Russian meaning[s]: 1) зад; гузка; 2) бедро, ляжка

Comments: Also read *bēʔ, MC bíej, Mand. bì id. Standard Sino-Viet. readings are tỳ (for MC pjé, with an irregular tone) and bễ (for MC bíej). Viet. vế may in fact reflect VM *C-pelʔ (PAA *pVr 'thigh') in which case it has nothing to do with Chinese.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 188

Four-angle index: 2287

Karlgren code: 0874 f

Vietnamese reading: vế

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