Character: 泳
Modern (Beijing) reading: yǒng
Preclassic Old Chinese: w(h)raŋs
Classic Old Chinese: w(h)raŋh
Western Han Chinese: w(h)raŋh
Eastern Han Chinese: w(h)reŋh
Early Postclassic Chinese: w(h)èŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: w(h)èŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: w(h)èŋ
Middle Chinese: wàiŋ
English meaning : to wade, swim
Russian meaning[s]: плавать; нырять
Shuowen gloss: 行水中也.從水.永聲.
Comments: Modern 3d tone is probably secondary, under influence of 永 q.v.
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 5519
Karlgren code: 0764 j-k
Shijing occurrences: 9.1_, 9.2_, 9.3_, 35.4
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