Comments:Sch.: meaning much debated. Also read: pēng, MC phạiŋ, OC *phrēŋ id.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Character:Ш
Modern (Beijing) reading:wa
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Character:Щ
Modern (Beijing) reading:bì
Preclassic Old Chinese:bhrǝ
Classic Old Chinese:bhrǝ
Western Han Chinese:bhrǝ
Eastern Han Chinese:bhrǝ
Early Postclassic Chinese:bhɨ
Middle Postclassic Chinese:bhij
Late Postclassic Chinese:bhi
Middle Chinese:bi
English meaning :be robust, strong
Comments:Also read pī, MC phi, OC *phrǝ id.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Character:Ъ
Modern (Beijing) reading:ka
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Character:Ь
Modern (Beijing) reading:tong
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Character:Ю
Modern (Beijing) reading:she
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Character:з
Modern (Beijing) reading:shao
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Character:к
Modern (Beijing) reading:yǒu
Preclassic Old Chinese:lu luʔ
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, jǝ́w
English meaning :flask, bottle (for wine)
Comments:The word originally probably meant 'wine' in general (as seen from Sino-Tibetan evidence). Viet. ru'o'u is not a regular loan (because of the strange substitution of *l- by r-); this may be just an old Wanderwort.
