Character: 抬
Modern (Beijing) reading: tái
Preclassic Old Chinese: dhǝ̄
Classic Old Chinese: dhǝ̄
Western Han Chinese: dhǝ̄
Eastern Han Chinese: dhǝ̄
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄j
Middle Chinese: dʌj
English meaning : to carry, lift [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) нести вдвоем; 2) поднять; 3) повысить, взвинтить; [chī] бить каблуком, вм. 笞
Comments: Originally written with 臺 as phonetic; however, since both variants are late, a reconstruction *Łhǝ̄ is also possible. For aspiration cf. Min reflexes: Xiamen, Fuzhou, Chaozhou thai2, Jianou thai9.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 1431
