Comments:In Yijing also used for OC *tho, MC ćhü, Pek. chū 'pivot'.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0122 q
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:lǘ
Preclassic Old Chinese:r(h)o
Classic Old Chinese:r(h)o
Western Han Chinese:r(h)wa
Eastern Han Chinese:r(h)wa
Early Postclassic Chinese:l(h)wo
Middle Postclassic Chinese:l(h)wo
Late Postclassic Chinese:l(h)wo
Middle Chinese:lü
English meaning :hunchbacked [LZ]
Comments:Used in the compound .....ju-lü.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0123 g
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:yú
Preclassic Old Chinese:lo
Classic Old Chinese:lo
Western Han Chinese:lwa
Eastern Han Chinese:źwa
Early Postclassic Chinese:źwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese:jwo
Late Postclassic Chinese:jwo
Middle Chinese:jü
English meaning :pull towards oneself, scoop out (as a mortar)
Comments:Also read *lōʔ, MC dл́w, Pek. dòu.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0125 p
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:yú
Preclassic Old Chinese:lo
Classic Old Chinese:lo
Western Han Chinese:lwa
Eastern Han Chinese:źwa
Early Postclassic Chinese:źwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese:jwo
Late Postclassic Chinese:jwo
Middle Chinese:jü
English meaning :opening, small gate [LZ]
Comments:Also read *lō, MC dлw, Pek. tóu id.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0125 q
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:tóu
Preclassic Old Chinese:l(h)ō
Classic Old Chinese:l(h)ō
Western Han Chinese:l(h)wā
Eastern Han Chinese:l(h)wā
Early Postclassic Chinese:d(h)ōw
Middle Postclassic Chinese:d(h)ǝ̄w
Late Postclassic Chinese:d(h)ǝ̄w
Middle Chinese:dʌw
English meaning :a k. of song [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0125 t
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:zhù
Preclassic Old Chinese:troʔs
Classic Old Chinese:troh
Western Han Chinese:ṭoh
Eastern Han Chinese:ṭoh
Early Postclassic Chinese:ṭò
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ṭò
Late Postclassic Chinese:ṭò
Middle Chinese:ṭǜ
English meaning :post or stand on which to suspend musical instruments
Comments:Attested in Yin inscriptions.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0127 a-d
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:zhū
Preclassic Old Chinese:tro
Classic Old Chinese:tro
Western Han Chinese:ṭwa
Eastern Han Chinese:ṭwa
Early Postclassic Chinese:ṭwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ṭwo
Late Postclassic Chinese:ṭwo
Middle Chinese:ṭü
English meaning :jump forward [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0128 l
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:shú
Preclassic Old Chinese:d(h)o
Classic Old Chinese:d(h)o
Western Han Chinese:d(h)wa
Eastern Han Chinese:ʒ́(h)wa
Early Postclassic Chinese:ʒ́(h)wo
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ʒ́(h)wo
Late Postclassic Chinese:ʒ́(h)wo
Middle Chinese:ʒ́ü
English meaning :24th part of an ounce (liang) [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0128 t
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:zhù
Preclassic Old Chinese:to(ʔ)s
Classic Old Chinese:toh
Western Han Chinese:toh
Eastern Han Chinese:ćoh
Early Postclassic Chinese:ćò
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ćò
Late Postclassic Chinese:ćò
Middle Chinese:ćǜ
English meaning :net [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0129 b
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:jū
Preclassic Old Chinese:ćo
Classic Old Chinese:co
Western Han Chinese:cwa
Eastern Han Chinese:cjwa
Early Postclassic Chinese:cjwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese:cjwo
Late Postclassic Chinese:cjwo
Middle Chinese:cjü
English meaning :enquire, consult
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0131 j
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:sǒu
Preclassic Old Chinese:sōʔ
Classic Old Chinese:sṓ
Western Han Chinese:swā́
Eastern Han Chinese:swā́
Early Postclassic Chinese:sṓw
Middle Postclassic Chinese:sǝ̄̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese:sǝ̄̀w
Middle Chinese:sʌ́w
English meaning :grassy marshland [LZ]
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0131 o
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:chū
Preclassic Old Chinese:ćhro
Classic Old Chinese:chro
Western Han Chinese:c̣hwa
Eastern Han Chinese:c̣hwa
Early Postclassic Chinese:c̣hwo
Middle Postclassic Chinese:c̣hwo
Late Postclassic Chinese:c̣hwo
Middle Chinese:c̣hü
English meaning :hasten, run to
Comments:Cf. 趣, 驟.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0132 c
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:zòu
Preclassic Old Chinese:ćrus
Classic Old Chinese:cruh
Western Han Chinese:c̣ǝwh
Eastern Han Chinese:c̣ǝwh
Early Postclassic Chinese:c̣ìw
Middle Postclassic Chinese:c̣ǝ̀w
Late Postclassic Chinese:c̣ǝ̀w
Middle Chinese:c̣ǝ̀w
English meaning :crinkle, crape
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0132 f
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:xǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese:soʔ
Classic Old Chinese:só
Western Han Chinese:swá
Eastern Han Chinese:sjwá
Early Postclassic Chinese:sjwó
Middle Postclassic Chinese:sjwó
Late Postclassic Chinese:sjwó
Middle Chinese:sjǘ
English meaning :a k. of ritual vessel
Comments:There also probably existed a parallel reading *sro that should regularly yield MC ṣǘ; instead in some versions of Qieyun and in Guangyun we have an irregular reading ṣö.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0133 f-h
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:rú
Preclassic Old Chinese:n(h)o
Classic Old Chinese:n(h)o
Western Han Chinese:n(h)wa
Eastern Han Chinese:ń(h)wa
Early Postclassic Chinese:ń(h)wo
Middle Postclassic Chinese:ń(h)wo
Late Postclassic Chinese:ń(h)wo
Middle Chinese:ńü
English meaning :weak, timid [LZ]
Comments:Also used for *norʔ (MC ńwén, Pek. ruǎn) / *nōrʔ-s (MC nwần / nwầ, Pek. nuàn / nò) id., due to semantic, graphic and phonetic similarity with 耎 q.v.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0134 e
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:fù
Preclassic Old Chinese:bo(ʔ)s
Classic Old Chinese:boh
Western Han Chinese:boh
Eastern Han Chinese:boh
Early Postclassic Chinese:bò
Middle Postclassic Chinese:bò
Late Postclassic Chinese:bò
Middle Chinese:bǜ
English meaning :add to, increase [LZ]
Comments:= � q.v.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0136 i
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:gān
Preclassic Old Chinese:kān
Classic Old Chinese:kān
Western Han Chinese:kān
Eastern Han Chinese:kān
Early Postclassic Chinese:kān
Middle Postclassic Chinese:kān
Late Postclassic Chinese:kān
Middle Chinese:kân
English meaning :violate [LZ]
Comments:= 干 q.v.
Radical:0
Four-angle index:0
Karlgren code:0139 e
Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading:xiān
Preclassic Old Chinese:han
Classic Old Chinese:han
Western Han Chinese:han
Eastern Han Chinese:han
Early Postclassic Chinese:han
Middle Postclassic Chinese:hǝn
Late Postclassic Chinese:hǝn
Middle Chinese:xǝn
English meaning :rising tall
Comments:The original meaning 'carriage with an upwards-curved pole' is attested only since LZ.
