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Chinese characters :
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Character: 嬃
Modern (Beijing) reading: xū
Preclassic Old Chinese: so
Classic Old Chinese: so
Western Han Chinese: swa
Eastern Han Chinese: sjwa
Early Postclassic Chinese: sjwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese: sjwo
Late Postclassic Chinese: sjwo
Middle Chinese: sjü
English meaning : elder sister [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: центр. диал. старшая сестра
Radical: 38
Four-angle index: 8863
Karlgren code: 0133 e
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nŏ
Meaning: elder female relative
Kachin: nu4, gǝnu2 a mother; a mother's sister.
Lushai: nu a mother; a step-mother, a mother-in-law etc., KC *nu, anu a mother.
Lepcha: nju, a-nju an aunt, also applied to elder sister, wife
Comments: Moshang nyu mother; Banpara -nu id. Sh. 441.
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