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| − | <WL>算 [suàn] (计算 | + | <WL>算 [suàn] count/compute/calculate (计算), budget (预算), plan/prepare (打算); to count/matter (算数), 算了 never mind, forget about it (settled/concluded) |
| − | “廾/𠬞() two hands working with 目 an abacus (picture) of 竹 bamboo” | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 算() suàn ‘count/calculate’ combines 竹() ‘bamboo’ (as in 筭), and 具(𥃲) jù ‘prepare’, in which the top is 貝() bèi ‘cowry shell/money’ (abbrev.), and the bottom is 廾/𠬞() gǒng ‘upraised/respectful hands’; counting/trading strings of cowries, managing money/business, calculating sums; formerly also wr. 祘(), 筭(), cf. 筭. |
| − | + | “廾/𠬞() two hands working with 目 an abacus (picture) of 竹 bamboo” —Karlgren. | |
| − | The abacus | + | Note: The abacus (算盘) may have been developed later than the character 算; traditionally the shape 目 in 算 (as the top of 具) is as an abbrev. of 貝 ‘cowry’; cowries were counted and strung as necklaces, used in trade, and served as money; strings of cowries may have been the first abacuses. |
| − | + | Compare: 筭() suàn ‘bamboo counting chip’ (also wr. 算); 祘() suàn (also wr. 算; cf. 蒜). | |
| + | HDZ: 算 : suàn : 计算 (心算, 算帐); 数目, 数额; 衡量, 称数; 计谋, 谋略; 筹划; 谋害; 料想, 推测; (旧) 用阴阳五行…; 寿命; (汉) 赋税; 竹制的食器; 筭: (古) 计数用的筹码; 认为, 当作; 作数, 承认有效力; 作罢, 不再计较 (算了); 总算 (最后算把这个问题弄清楚了) | ||
| + | HDC: 布算 : 布筹运算; 布蓍占卜 | ||
#rG.285.30 H.128 K.AD825,GSR174a D.5.2981.8 M.5516 KX..888.03 B.326.0.04 WHY...196 E.1 | #rG.285.30 H.128 K.AD825,GSR174a D.5.2981.8 M.5516 KX..888.03 B.326.0.04 WHY...196 E.1 | ||
| − | # | + | #c竹𥃲目廾 |
#y syun- | #y syun- | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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