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| − | <WL>虚(F虛) [xū] empty, void; 谦虚 modest; 虚心 open-minded; 空虚 hollow | + | <WL>虚(F虛) [xū] 虚空 empty, void; 谦虚 modest; 虚心 open-minded; 空虚 hollow@@; (HDZ:) cf. 虛 |
#i3 | #i3 | ||
| − | 虍 hǔ (虎 ‘tiger’) | + | The character 虚/虛(𧆳) xū ‘empty’ (formerly ‘big heap/hill, village/city ruins’) combines 虍() hǔ ‘tiger stripes/pelt’ (phonetic), and 丘(丠) qiū ‘hill/mound’. |
| + | Compare: 墟 xū ‘(village/city) ruins’ (废墟), formerly wr. 虚/虛(𧆳) xū. | ||
| + | Note: 虍 hǔ (虎 ‘tiger’) was said to be phonetic in 虚/虛 xū (in Hàn times), but 丘 might have been the old wr. of 虚/虛, and if so it is phonosemantic. | ||
| + | Note: In the simple form 虚 the bottom a shape like 业 (5 strokes, or 6 strokes in the full form) abbreviates 丘 qiū ‘hill’. | ||
| + | Compare: 虚 (simple form: 11 strokes, with 业 5 strokes); 虛 (full form: 12 strokes, with a variant of 丠 6 strokes). | ||
“A high upland; 大丘也。从丘, 虍声。These uplands being generally wild and barren, hence 转注 zhuǎnzhù, empty, that which contains nothing; 大丘空旷, 故虚閑也, 空也。” —Wieger. | “A high upland; 大丘也。从丘, 虍声。These uplands being generally wild and barren, hence 转注 zhuǎnzhù, empty, that which contains nothing; 大丘空旷, 故虚閑也, 空也。” —Wieger. | ||
| − | #rW.27h K.AD87 D.4.2822.1 B.188.1.08 | + | Compare: 处/處(処) chù ‘place/area’. |
| + | Compare: 虡(𧆾𧇽鐻) jù ‘wooden frame supporting bells/chimes/drums’ (簨虡). | ||
| + | #rW.27h K.AD87 D.4.2822.1 B.188.1.08 E.0 | ||
#c虍业丘 | #c虍业丘 | ||
| − | #y heui\</WL> | + | #y heui\ |
| + | </WL> | ||
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