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Chinese
Etymology
Loanword of uncertain origin. Schuessler (2014) reconstructed its pronunciation as *lû-lâ > *dou-dɑ
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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騊
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駼
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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12368
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15771
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Phonetic
component
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匋
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余
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Rime
group
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幽
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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陶
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徒
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'uː/
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/*l'aː/
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Noun
騊駼
- a kind of good horses from the northern steppe
其畜之所多則馬、牛、羊，其奇畜則橐駞、驢、驘、駃騠、騊駼、騨騱。
其畜之所多则马、牛、羊，其奇畜则橐驼、驴、骡、𫘝𫘨、𫘦𬳿、騨𫘬。 - From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Qí xù zhī suǒ duō zé mǎ, niú, yáng, qí qí xù zé luòtuó, lǘ, luó, juétí, táotú, tuóxí.
- Their (the Xiongnu's) livestock are mainly horses, oxen, and sheep; their peculiar livestock are camels, donkeys, mules, jueti, taotu, and tuoxi.