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| − | <WL>蓝(F藍) [lán] ( | + | <WL>蓝(F藍) [lán] 蓝色 blue (color); 蓼蓝 Ch. indigo plant (Persicaria tinctoria) |
| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 蓝/藍() lán ‘Ch. indigo plant’ combines 艹(草 cǎo) ‘grass/plant’, and 监/監(𧗄) jiàn/jiān ‘inspect/supervise’ (phonosemantic). | |
| − | + | Note: Natural indigo dyestuff is made from various different plants: 蓼蓝 ‘Ch. indigo plant’ (Persicaria tinctoria, a.k.a. Polygonum tinctorium); 马蓝 ‘acanthaceous indigo’ (Strobilanthes cusia); 菘蓝 ‘woad, dyer's woad, glastum’ (Isatis tinctoria). | |
| + | “There was an Archaic kl- or gl- somewhere in this group” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
| + | Compare: 篮/籃() lán ‘basket’, 览/覽() lǎn ‘survey/inspect’. | ||
#rK.AD376 D.5.3263.8 B.255.0.04 E.0 | #rK.AD376 D.5.3263.8 B.255.0.04 E.0 | ||
| − | # | + | #c艹监皿臥 |
#y laahm\ | #y laahm\ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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