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 <WL>员(F員) [yuán] member; 委员会 committee; 人员 personnel@@  [yún] [yùn] cf. 員
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-The Shuōwén Seal form of 员/員(􁄎) yuán ‘round’ (now wr. 圆) combines 贝/貝(􁄑) bèi ‘cowrie-shell (money)’, and 囗(􁃰) wéi ‘encircle’ (phonosemantic); the old form 𪔅(􁄏) with 鼎(􁋋) dǐng ‘cauldron’ (instead of 貝) is said to indicate that the old meaning of the character was ‘round mouth/rim/brim of a cauldron’, and by extension, ‘round’ things in general (later wr. 圆), also ‘quantity/extent (to the brim)’ (cf. 員, 损).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 员/員(􁄎) yuán ‘round’ (later wr. 圆) combines 贝/貝(􁄑) bèi ‘cowrie-shell (money)’, and 囗(􁃰) wéi ‘encircle’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 𪔅(􁄏), with 鼎(􁋋) dǐng ‘cauldron’ (instead of 貝), which is said to indicate that the old meaning of the character was ‘round mouth/rim/brim of a cauldron’, and by extension, ‘round’ things in general (later wr. 圆), also ‘quantity/extent (to the brim)’ (cf. 員, 损).
-	“〇 round 貝 cowry (money)” —Karlgren.
 	Note: 人员 ‘staff’, 官员 ‘official’, 委员 ‘committee member’: ‘round/around’ ⇒ ‘retinue (of staff/officials standing/waiting around)’ (HDZ).
+	“[員] 〇 round 貝 cowry (money)” —Karlgren(AD).
 	Note: 圆/圓 yuán ‘round’ (SW: ‘complete’) was formerly wr. 員.
 	Compare: 圆(􁃵圓) yuán ‘round/circular’ (椭圆 ‘ellipse/oval’; 圆/元 ‘dollar’, 银圆 ‘silver dollar’).
-	Compare: 损/損(􂆻) sǔn ‘reduce/decrease’ (䷨); 陨/隕(􂣄) yǔn ‘fall/drop’; 隕/磒/溳/霣 yǔn ‘fall’, 殞 yǔn ‘die’.
+	Compare: 损/損(􂆻) sǔn ‘reduce/decrease’ (䷨); 陨/隕(􂣄) yǔn ‘fall/drop’; 隕/磒/溳/霣 yǔn ‘fall’, 殞 yǔn ‘die’; 𤶧/𤸫(􁑇) yùn ‘dizzy/faint’.
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