Character: 胸
Modern (Beijing) reading: xiōng
Preclassic Old Chinese: sŋoŋ
Classic Old Chinese: ŋ̥oŋ
Western Han Chinese: ŋ̥oŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ̥oŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: hoŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: hoŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: hoŋ
Middle Chinese: xöuŋ
English meaning : breast, chest [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) грудная клетка, грудь; 2) сокровенные мысли
Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is hung (in fact, Viet. hông 'hip, side, flank' may be a chance coincidence - because of the semantic difference).
Radical: 130
Four-angle index: 4303
Karlgren code: 1183 e-f
Vietnamese reading: hông
