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Meanings
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- 1.beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens)
- 2.soft
- 3.weak
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- 1.perilla (Perilla frutescens)
- 2.a kind of big bean; big
- 3.soft; weak; yielding
- 4.weak; feeble; frail
- 5.bad; poor in quality
- 6.unstable
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *njɯmʔ): semantic 艹 + phonetic 任 (OC *njɯm, *njɯms). ; “a kind of big bean” ; “soft; weak” : Possibly related to 飪 (OC *njɯmʔ, “cooked”), 腍 (OC *njɯmʔ, “cooked; delicious”) (Schuessler, 2007). : Older theories compare the word with 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft”) (STEDT).
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