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xiāo

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xiāo
  1. 1.(archaic) hollow of a tree
  2. 2.(literary) empty; hollow

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  1. 1.hollow stump of a tree
  2. 2.empty; hollow
  3. 3.thin
  4. 4.hungry

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *hraw): semantic 木 + phonetic 号 (OC *ɦlaːws). Substrate word, possibly from a Tai-Kadai language. Compare Thai หิว (hǐu, “hungry”).

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