Character: 頹
Modern (Beijing) reading: tuí
Preclassic Old Chinese: l(h)ūj
Classic Old Chinese: l(h)wǝ̄j
Western Han Chinese: l(h)wǝ̄j
Eastern Han Chinese: l(h)wǝ̄j
Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄j
Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄j
Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)wǝ̄j
Middle Chinese: doj
English meaning : destructive wind, gale
Russian meaning[s]: 1) лысая голова; лысый; 2) упадок, увядание; развал; приходить в упадок; разрушенный; 3) спускаться; течь вниз, стекать; 4) уронить, потерять; 5) послушный; 6) Туй (фамилия)
Comments: Attested later with a more general meaning: 'to be destructive / destructed, deteriorate'. Viet. tồi is colloquial and has an irregular t-; standard Sino-Viet. is d_ồi.
Radical: 181
Four-angle index: 8124
Karlgren code: 0544 c
Vietnamese reading: tồi
