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| − | <WL>丕 [pī] big | + | <WL>丕 [pī] big/great; 丕绩 great achievements@@; (HDZ:) 大 (cf. 伾); 遵/尊奉; (连词) 乃, 于是; (助词); (姓) [bù] 不 |
| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 丕() pī ‘big/great’ combines 一 a horizontal line below, and 不(𠀚) bù/fǒu (phonosemantic): not one (small), but many (great). | |
| − | #rG.057.45 K.AD37,706,GSR999k D.1.15.1 M.5137 KX..77.10 B.013.1.03 | + | Note: In SW 不(𠀚) fǒu ‘a bird flying up to high heaven’ (it ascends to the heights and does not come back down); for 不 in 丕 (high → big/great); the top horizontal line of 不 is said to be short for 上(𠄞) ‘sky above’, as in 帝() dì ‘god/king’. |
| + | Older graphs associated with 丕() are wr. 不(𠀚), and so 不/丕 are thought to be variants of a single character (不/丕顯), with divergent usage in subsequent ages (HDZ); the extra stroke 一 may have been added to capture a dialect difference; some old graphs have 不 over 十 (instead of 一), cf. 漢石經 (DYC). | ||
| + | Compare: 伾() pī ‘strong/powerful’. | ||
| + | #rG.057.45 K.AD37,706,GSR999k D.1.15.1 M.5137 KX..77.10 B.013.1.03 WHY...41 | ||
#c不一 | #c不一 | ||
| − | #y pei\</WL> | + | #y pei\ |
| + | </WL> | ||
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