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-<WL>媒 [méi] go-between, matchmaker; 媒介 medium, intermediary; 媒体 news media@@  [mèi] “媒媒”, 昏惑愚昧貌; 贪
+<WL>媒 [méi] matchmaker, go-between (媒人); medium, intermediary (媒介); 媒体 news media@@; (HDZ:) …  [mèi] “媒媒”, 昏惑愚昧貌; 贪
-From 女 (nǚ) ‘woman’ and 某 mǒu.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 媒(􂉊) méi ‘matchmaker (marriage broker, on the man's side)’ combines 女 (nǚ) ‘woman’, and 某(􀽻) mǒu (phonosemantic): scheme/plan a marriage/mate/match.
+	Note: 某, as in 谋/謀(􀙃) móu ‘plan/consider’; 媒 formerly also wr. 謀.
+	Compare: 妁(􂉋) shuò ‘matchmaker (marriage broker, on the woman's side)’.
+	HDZ: 媒 : méi : 媒人 (cf. 媒妁, 妁); 媒介 (cf. 謀); 介绍, 招致 • mèi : “媒媒”, 昏惑愚昧貌; 贪
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