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| − | <WL>囟(= | + | <WL>囟(=𦥓𠚁龱𩒦顖𩕄)(!囱囪) [xìn] 囟门 fontanelle/fontanel (softspot in the top of a child's skull); frontal/occipital fontanel@@; (HDZ:) … |
| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 囟(𦥓𠚁) xìn ‘fontanel’ is said to depict the softspot in the top of a child's skull; formerly wr. 𠙷(), 𦞤(), and later also 𩒦/顖/𩕄. | |
| − | + | Note: The fontanel, soft gaps/sutures between the fetal/infant cranial bones (calvaria/skullcap), lets the braincase/brainpan (neurocranium) stretch as the growing/developing brain expands. | |
| + | Compare: 脑/腦(匘) nǎo ‘brain’; 思(𢙦恖) sī ‘think/thought’; 细/細(𥿳) xì ‘fine (as silk)’ (fine/soft hair of the infant head). | ||
| + | Compare: 顖/囟(𦥓𠚁) xìn ← MC /siens/; 信(㐰訫) xìn ‘honest/true; trust/believe’ ← MC /siens/ (SBGY). | ||
| + | Compare: 讯/訊(𧨼) xùn ‘ask/inquire’ ← MC /siens/ (SBGY); 西(㢴卥卤) xī ‘west’. | ||
| + | Compare: 儿/兒(𠒆) ér ‘child’, in which 臼() represents the fontanel; 臼() jiù ‘mortar’. | ||
| + | Compare: 𦣻(𩠐首) shǒu ‘person's head’; 页/頁(𩑋) xié ‘head’; 面(𡇢) miàn ‘person's face’. | ||
| + | Compare: 囱/囪() cōng ‘window/chimney’; 凶() xiōng ‘terrible/disastrous’. | ||
| + | Note: In old characters the component 囟/𦥓 xìn ‘fontanel’ is sometimes confused with 囱/囪() cōng ‘window/chimney’, and 凶() xiōng ‘terrible/disastrous’; cf. 农/農(䢉) nóng (Cook 1995). | ||
| + | Compare: 拪(𢰕𨙞遷𦦒䙲) qiān ‘climb (to get a nest/egg)’. | ||
| + | Compare: 傻 shǎ ‘stupid’, in which 𡕩 has this kind of childish head. | ||
| + | Note: 囟 is an uncommmon character, but has an entry in modern dictionaries such as GFC (囟门), and 《汉英逆引词典》. | ||
| + | HDZ: 囟 : xìn : 囟门, 囟脑门儿, 在头顶部前方正中部位, 婴儿头顶未合缝的地方 (cf. 𠒆/兒; 孔) | ||
#rD.1.713.3 M.2752 G.392.08 KX..216.27 B.031.0.05 WHY...10 | #rD.1.713.3 M.2752 G.392.08 KX..216.27 B.031.0.05 WHY...10 | ||
| − | # | + | #c丿龱𦥓囗乂㐅 |
#y seun- | #y seun- | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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