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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: zuǐ
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćojʔ
Classic Old Chinese: cwáj
Western Han Chinese: cwáj
Eastern Han Chinese: cjwáj
Early Postclassic Chinese: cjwáj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cjwáj
Late Postclassic Chinese: cjwáj
Middle Chinese: cjwé
English meaning : beak [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) рот; клюв; носик; рыльце; 2) наконечник, мундштук; 3) горлышко; 4) выступ; 5) перен. язык, уменье говорить
Comments: Originally written as 觜 (q.v.) and also read OC *ćej, MC cje (FQ 即移) 'a horn-shaped curl on the head of birds and cats'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 3623
Jianchuan Bai: ćui1-
Dali Bai: ćui1-
Bijiang Bai: ćo1-
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