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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: máng
Preclassic Old Chinese: mrōŋ
Classic Old Chinese: mrōŋ
Western Han Chinese: mrōŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: mrōŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: mọ̄ŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mọ̄ŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: mọ̄ŋ
Middle Chinese: mạuŋ
English meaning : shaggy dog
Russian meaning[s]: 1) лохматая собака, сторожевой пес; 2) взъерошенный, лохматый; [méng] беспорядочный; смешанный; пестрый
Comments: For *m- cf. Fuzhou maŋ2, Jianou maŋ9.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 43
Four-angle index: 7548
Karlgren code: 1201 a-b
Shijing occurrences: 23.3
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mrV̄m
Meaning: shaggy
Chinese: *mrōŋ shaggy dog.
Kachin: mjam be shaggy, tangled.
stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-kach,

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