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better to mark as unclear origin than to add component that has no explanation
Peter Olson
2022年9月25日 18:56
Although the whole character is originally iconic, I used the Shuowen's decomposition for the sake of the apparent phonetic component. The other component is just a corruption that is now written like 兮 but has nothing to do with it otherwise. I'm not sure how to mark that "form only" sort of relation.
cochleoid
2022年9月18日 3:12
For consistency, and because the origin is unclear anyway, maybe all that should be said is the usual phonosemantic etymology.
cochleoid
2022年7月19日 2:27
Adding the component meaning to the gloss, even though this is only used as a sound component except for once.
cochleoid
2022年7月17日 6:06
This is a case of the phonetic component also being the original form of the character before it loaned its sound to other unrelated meanings. Hopefully all of these cases can be described in a consistent way.
cochleoid
2022年7月17日 6:02
Referring to the explanation about 广 on 厂's page here since they're easy to confuse here
cochleoid
2022年7月17日 5:34
Usually the relation of the meaning component is obvious, but this is definitely a case of "Based on an original meaning that isn't used anymore". I added the necessary historical context.
cochleoid
2022年7月17日 5:18
I couldn't find the source of the "revolve" meaning in Unihan. The original meaning is well sourced.
cochleoid
2022年7月17日 3:54
闑 has a reading with all the same GY parameters as 臬 on EDOC, and has data from Baxter 2011, so I filled that in for the old pronunciation. This character is thought by some to be a variant of this one. Stil doesn't look like 自 is a sound component though.
cochleoid
2022年7月13日 22:55
自 is used for sound according to 《字源》, although 許慎 said it referred to the pole being at nose height.
cochleoid
2022年7月13日 22:42
These other readings mention in Kangxi Dictionary don't show up unless given definitions.
cochleoid
2022年7月12日 4:38
I am not sure what "上欲出冂" means, maybe it actually implies that 冖 is a ceiling? It doesn't look the same as other instances of 冖.
cochleoid
2022年7月12日 4:21
