Character: 苙
Modern (Beijing) reading: lì
Preclassic Old Chinese: r(h)ǝp
Classic Old Chinese: r(h)ǝp
Western Han Chinese: r(h)ǝp
Eastern Han Chinese: r(h)ǝp
Early Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ip
Middle Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ip
Late Postclassic Chinese: l(h)ip
Middle Chinese: lip
English meaning : enclosure for pigs [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) хлев (свиной); 2) бот. борщевик шерстистый (Heracleum lanatum, лекарственное растение)
Comments: Also read *r(h)ǝp, *g(h)rǝp, MC lip, gip, Mand. lì, jì 'a k. of plant (Heracleum lanatum)'. Viet. rạp is an archaic loanword (with a modified meaning: 'tent, booth'); standard Sino-Viet. is lập.
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 552
Karlgren code: 0694 g
Vietnamese reading: rạp
