月氏
Meanings
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- 1.ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
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- 1.Yuezhi (ancient people in western China)
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Etymology
Aydemir (2019) reconstructs underlying ethnonym *Arki ~ *Yarki, which he proposes to be etymologically Indo-European and also underlies Mandarin 月支 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Branch”) and various other transcriptions (Chinese and non-Chinese) and Tocharian A arśi.
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Stroke order
Components
氏㇒㇗㇂㇐
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