Character: 竊
Modern (Beijing) reading: qiè
Preclassic Old Chinese: shēt
Classic Old Chinese: shēt
Western Han Chinese: shjāt
Eastern Han Chinese: shiāt
Early Postclassic Chinese: shiēt
Middle Postclassic Chinese: shiēt
Late Postclassic Chinese: shiēt
Middle Chinese: chiet
English meaning : to steal
Russian meaning[s]: 1) воровать, красть; присваивать; 2) украдкой, втихомолку, про себя; 3) вежл. мой; по-моему; я
Comments: The phonetic is *set (MC sjet, Pek. xie) name of the ancestor of the Yin-Shang dynasty.
Radical: 116
Four-angle index: 3985
Karlgren code: 0309 a
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