Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 抱

Modern (Beijing) reading: bào

Preclassic Old Chinese: bhūʔ

Classic Old Chinese: bhū́

Western Han Chinese: bhǝ̄́w

Eastern Han Chinese: bhǝ̄́w

Early Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ̄́w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhā́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: bhā́w

Middle Chinese: bâẃ

English meaning : to carry in the arms

Russian meaning[s]: 1) обнимать; держать на руках; няньчить; 2) таить на сердце, лелеять; затаить; 3) высиживать (яйца); 4) тесно облегать; точно подходить; 5) Бао (фамилия)

Comments: For OC *bh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen phau⁶, Chaozhou pho⁴, phau⁴, Longdu pho⁶.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 64

Four-angle index: 7106

Karlgren code: 1113 j

Jianchuan Bai: pu1

Dali Bai: po4

Bijiang Bai: bü1

Shijing occurrences: 21.1, 58.1

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