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| − | <WL>寻(F尋) [xún] (寻找 | + | <WL>寻(F尋) [xún] seek/look/search for (寻找); 寻求 search/explore; 寻常 ordinary@@; cf. 尋 [xín] 寻思 xínsi |
#i4 | #i4 | ||
| − | The full form is 尋 | + | The simple-form character 寻 (6 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 尋 (12 strokes), omitting the central full-form component (6 strokes). |
| − | + | The full-form character 尋 is itself an abbrev. of the old form 𢒫 (15 strokes), omitting the old left-side component 彡 (3 strokes). | |
| − | + | Note: The modern full form 尋 omits 彡 (phonetic), and the modern simple form 寻 also omits 工 and 口. | |
| − | #rW.45f K.AD321 D.1.504.1 B.036.1.07 | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 寻/尋(𢒫) xún ‘probe/seek’ (寻绎) puts the components 工 and 口 (, representing order/disorder/complication, as in 亂) in between 又 and 寸 (two hands), with 彡() shān (phonosemantic); these components are explained relative to the structure of 乱/亂() luàn ‘order/disorder’, in which 𤔔() ‘tangled/untangle (thread)’ has similar components; 彡 here is as in 𢒄(工), or 参/參(𠻝); as a whole 𢒫() is also equated with 𤕦() níng (mixed/hidden contents of a 囊 náng ‘bag/sack’) which is also glossed 亂. |
| + | “[尋] 彐, 寸 two hands working with 工, 口 instruments for unraveling thread: unravel, investigate” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
| + | Compare: 寻/尋(𢒫) xún ← MC /ziem/; 询/詢 xún ← MC /siuen/ (SBGY). | ||
| + | Compare: 蒦() huò, formerly wr. 彟/彠(). | ||
| + | Compare: 𤕦(𤕧) níng; 囊(𣡦) náng ‘bag’. | ||
| + | Compare: 寿/壽(𦓆) shòu; 𠼡(𠭵) chóu. | ||
| + | #rW.45f K.AD321 D.1.504.1 B.036.1.07 E.0 | ||
#c彐寸 | #c彐寸 | ||
| − | #y chahm\</WL> | + | #y chahm\ |
| + | </WL> | ||
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