Character: 或
Modern (Beijing) reading: huò
Preclassic Old Chinese: whǝ̄k
Classic Old Chinese: whǝ̄k
Western Han Chinese: whǝ̄k
Eastern Han Chinese: whǝ̄k
Early Postclassic Chinese: whǝ̄k
Middle Postclassic Chinese: whǝ̄k
Late Postclassic Chinese: whǝ̄k
Middle Chinese: ɣwʌk
English meaning : some; somehow, perhaps
Russian meaning[s]: 1) или, либо; 2) может быть, возможно, пожалуй; 3) кто-то; некто, некий; некоторые; 4) древн. кто; 5) сомневаться, вм. 惑; [yù] древн. см. 域
Comments: A -k derivation (distributive) from 有 *whǝʔ 'there is'. In later times widely used in the meaning 'or, either' ( < "some...some...").
Radical: 62
Four-angle index: 6803
Karlgren code: 0929 a-d
Vietnamese reading: hoặc
Shijing occurrences: 19.1
