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| − | <WL>宙 [zhòu] 宇宙 yǔzhòu | + | <WL>宙 [zhòu] universe/cosmos (宇宙 yǔzhòu); outer space (宇宙空间); spacecraft (宇宙飞船); eon, supereon@@; (HDZ:) 栋梁; 舟车所到处; 居; (总称) 无限时间; 天空; (地质学) … |
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| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 宙() zhòu ‘roof/canopy peak/ridgepole’ (vehicle canopy?) combines 宀() mián ‘roof/peak/dwelling’ (covering), and 由() yóu ‘from’ (phonosemantic); the component 由 is explained by old usage related to the territory reachable/covered by transport/supply vehicles traveling back and forth, from (由) one place (way station) to another, at regular intervals (cf. 邮/郵). | |
| + | Note: In the SW gloss 舟輿 zhouyú ‘transport vehicles’; the character 覆(𧠃) fù ‘invert/cover’ is said to be a wr. of 復(𢕒) fù ‘come and go (return)’ (DYC), but also relates to the component 宀() ‘roof/covering’; in the usage 宇宙 ‘from roof eaves to peak (everything)’, cf. 宇 ‘unlimited vertical/spatial extent’, vs. 宙 ‘unlimited horizontal/temporal extent’ (DYC). | ||
| + | Compare: 岫() xiù ‘mountain cave/cavern; mountain ridge/peak’, formerly also wr. 𥥉(). | ||
| + | Compare: 轴/軸() zhóu ‘(wheel) axel (of a cart/vehicle)’; 舳() zhú ‘stern/stem (of a boat/ship)’ (舳艫). | ||
| + | Compare: 宇(𡧈) yǔ ‘eaves of a roof/building’; 宇宙 yǔzhòu (lit.) ‘eaves and peak of a roof’, (fig.) ‘universe/cosmos (full night sky overhead)’. | ||
| + | Compare: 庙/廟() miào ‘temple/shrine’; 届(屆) jiè ‘difficult action/movement; limit/term’. | ||
| + | HDZ: 宙 : zhòu : 栋梁; (SW: 舟輿所極覆) 舟车所到处 (cf. 届, 邮/郵); 居; (总称) 无限时间 (cf. 𦁖); 天空; (地质学) (隐生宙, 显生宙) | ||
| + | HDC: 舟輿 : 船和车; 乘车乘船旅行 | ||
| + | HDC: 宇宙 : 屋檐和栋梁; 天地; 天下, 国家; 时代; 包括地球及其他一切天体的无限空间; 一切物质及其存在形式的总体 (宇: 无限空间; 宙: 无限时间) | ||
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#c宀由 | #c宀由 | ||
| − | #y jauh-</WL> | + | #y jauh- |
| + | </WL> | ||
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