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| − | <WL>币(F幣) | + | <WL>币[bì] (F幣) 货币 money/currency; 硬币 coin; 人民币 rénmínbì RMB (PRC currency)@@; (HDZ:) … [yìn] 印 |
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 幣() bì ‘silk/tribute/valuable; money’ combines 敝() bì | + | The modern simple form 币 originated as an old variant of 印() yìn ‘stamp/print’, reused as the simple form of 幣 bì ‘money’; in 币 a single stroke 丿 replaces the top component 敝 of 幣. |
| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 幣() bì ‘silk/tribute/valuable; money’ combines 巾 (jīn) ‘cloth’, and 敝() bì ‘(m.w.) cloth’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 敝 (HDZ). | |
| − | + | Compare: 金币 ‘gold coin’, 银币 ‘silver coin’, 纸币 ‘paper money/currency; bank note’. | |
| + | “[幣] piece of silk; a present, tribute, recompense” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
| + | Compare: 帀() zā ‘go around’ (匝); 师/師() shī (䷆). | ||
HDZ: 币 : yìn : 印 • bì : (简体) 幣 | HDZ: 币 : yìn : 印 • bì : (简体) 幣 | ||
#rK.AD720 D.1.728.3 B.008.1.01 | #rK.AD720 D.1.728.3 B.008.1.01 | ||
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