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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ćŏj (~ ʒ́-,-u-)
Meaning: beak
Tibetan: mćhu lip, beak.
Comments: Cf. Kulung chuikaŋ 'front teeth' (?); perhaps also some TB words for 'horn': Sichuan *c̣hV, Naga *cɨ, Manipuri chi. Cf. PAN *qazay 'chin, jaw'.
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Character: 觜
Modern (Beijing) reading: zī
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćej
Classic Old Chinese: ce
Western Han Chinese: ce
Eastern Han Chinese: cje
Early Postclassic Chinese: cje
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cje
Late Postclassic Chinese: cje
Middle Chinese: cje
English meaning : beak [LZ]
Comments: During LZ attested only within the compound 觜.... zi-hui 'name of a constellation'. MC also has an irregular reading cjwe (Pek. zūi) (?OC *ćoj).
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0358 t
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