Character: 語
Modern (Beijing) reading: yǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋaʔ
Classic Old Chinese: ŋá
Western Han Chinese: ŋá
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋá
Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋó
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋó
Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋó
Middle Chinese: ŋö́
English meaning : to talk, tell
Russian meaning[s]: слова; язык; фраза; идиом, готовое выражение; пословица; разговаривать, беседовать; [yù] обращаться к..., говорить (кому-л.)
Comments: Also used for *ŋaʔ-s, MC ŋö̀, Pek. yù 'to tell' (LZ). For *ŋ- cf. Xiamen gu3, Chaozhou gɨ3, Fuzhou ŋü3, Jianou ŋü3.
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 1215
Karlgren code: 0058 t-u
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