Character: 油
Modern (Beijing) reading: yóu
Preclassic Old Chinese: lu
Classic Old Chinese: lu
Western Han Chinese: lǝw
Eastern Han Chinese: źǝw
Early Postclassic Chinese: źiw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: jiw
Late Postclassic Chinese: jiw
Middle Chinese: jǝw
English meaning : oil [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) масло; жир; сало; 2) керосин; нефть; бензин; газолин; 3) лак; глазурь; 4) смазывать маслом; красить масляной краской; 5) увертливый, юркий; юлить
Comments: The character is attested since LZ with the meaning 'flow, overflow' - which is most probably just a variant of 游 q.v. - hence the reading *lu, not *Łu. The meaning 'oil' is only attested since Han. Regular Sino-Vietnamese is du.
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 1812
Karlgren code: 1079 c
Vietnamese reading: dầu
