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-<WL>此 [cǐ] this; 如此 like this (as “这样”); 此地 here (as “这里”)
+<WL>此 [cǐ] this; 如此 thus, like so/this; 因此 therefore; 彼此 each other; 此地 here (这里); 此时 now@@; (HDZ:) …
-The left side is 止 zhǐ ‘stop’ (picture of a foot). The right side 匕 depicted a person standing, facing to the right (originally the mirror image of 人 rén ‘person’). The place where a person has stopped; here; this.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 此(􀑺) cǐ ‘this’ combines 止(􀑥) zhǐ ‘stop (here)’ (phonosemantic), and 匕(􁙕) bǐ ‘compare/relative’ (比): this thing/place here contrasts with 彼(􀔡) that thing/place there.
-#rG.243.43 K.AD1096,GSR358a D.2.1438.3 M.6972 KX..574.10 B.026.1.01
+	Older graphs associated with 此 also have 止(􀑥) ‘stop’ and 匕(􁙕) or 人(􁕎) ‘person’: this place here is near where this person has stopped (HDZ).
+	Compare: 彼此 bǐcǐ ‘this & that (lit. that & this); each other’.
+	HDZ: 此 : cǐ : (代词) (这, 这个 (ant. 彼); 如此); (副词) 乃, 则
+#rG.243.43 K.AD1096,GSR358a D.2.1438.3 M.6972 KX..574.10 B.026.1.01 WHY...7 E.1
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-#y chi/</WL>
+#y chi/
+</WL>