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<WL>岁(F歲) [suì] year/age; years old (年岁, 岁数); 万岁 long life; 岁星 Jupiter@@ [suò] cf. 歲 | <WL>岁(F歲) [suì] year/age; years old (年岁, 岁数); 万岁 long life; 岁星 Jupiter@@ [suò] cf. 歲 | ||
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| − | The full-form character 歲() suì ‘(planet) Jupiter; year/age’ combines 步() bù ‘step’ | + | The simple-form character 岁 (6 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 歲 (13 strokes), replacing the upper full-form component 止 (4 strokes) with 山 (3 strokes), and the lower part with 夕 (3 strokes). |
| + | Note: In the full form 歲 the lower part is ⿵戌𣥂 (9 strokes), not 烕 (10 strokes) or 戚 (11 strokes), see below. | ||
| + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 歲() suì ‘(planet) Jupiter; year/age’ combines 步() bù ‘step’ (cut in half), with 戌() xū (phonosemantic); the planet Jupiter (木星) completes its orbit (steps through, transits all 28 Lunar Mansions) in 12 years (2/5 the orbit of Saturn); in one year Jupiter completes 1/12 of its orbit, and 12 is the number of months in the year; hence the very old associations between Jupiter and year. | ||
Note: Different ‘year’ words arose in different historical periods: (夏) 歲, (商) 祀, (周) 年, (唐虞) 載. | Note: Different ‘year’ words arose in different historical periods: (夏) 歲, (商) 祀, (周) 年, (唐虞) 載. | ||
| − | In the simple form 岁, the full-form top part 止 is abbrev. to a shape like 山 (mountain/high), and the whole lower part is replaced by a shape like 夕 (crescent moon): tracking the 12 years of Jupiter's orbit involves 多 many moons of mountaintop astronomical observation; 止/山 substitution occurs in other old 岁/歲 forms (嵗 | + | Note: In the simple form 岁, the full-form top part 止 (upper half of 步) is abbrev. to a shape like 山 (mountain/high), and the whole lower part ⿵戌𣥂 (9 strokes) is replaced by a shape like 夕 (crescent moon), rather like the inner part 𣥂 (lower half of 步): tracking the 12 years of Jupiter's orbit involves 多 many moons of mountaintop astronomical observation; 止/山 substitution occurs in other old 岁/歲 forms (嵗/𡻕/亗/㞸). |
Compare: 梦/夢() mèng ‘dream’; 武() wǔ ‘military/martial arms/arts/force’. | Compare: 梦/夢() mèng ‘dream’; 武() wǔ ‘military/martial arms/arts/force’. | ||
Compare: 威() wēi ‘threaten/menace’; 灭/滅(烕) miè ‘destroy’; 咸() xián ‘all’ | Compare: 威() wēi ‘threaten/menace’; 灭/滅(烕) miè ‘destroy’; 咸() xián ‘all’ | ||
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