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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hjuwX	[ɢ]ʷəʔ	help, blessing
	hjuwH	[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s	help, blessing
Zhengzhang		ɢʷɯs

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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