Character: 藟
Modern (Beijing) reading: lěi
Preclassic Old Chinese: rujʔ
Classic Old Chinese: rwǝ́j
Western Han Chinese: rwǝ́j
Eastern Han Chinese: rwǝ́j
Early Postclassic Chinese: lwíj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwíj
Late Postclassic Chinese: lwí
Middle Chinese: lwí
English meaning : name of a plant: lei creeper
Russian meaning[s]: 1) лиана, см. 櫐; 2) обвязывать; 3) бутон, вм. 蕾
Shuowen gloss: 草也.從草.畾聲.詩曰.莫莫葛藟.一曰秬**. [30]
Comments: Min colloquial reflexes are not attested, but if the word is related to 纍 *ruj 'wind round, bind' (q.v.) > Fuzhou lui2, then we must reconstruct *r-.
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 1718
Karlgren code: 0577 g
Shijing occurrences: 4.1
