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| − | <WL>既 [jì] since; already; 既然 jìrán since, now that@@ [xì] 餼 | + | <WL>既 [jì] since; already; 既然 jìrán since, now that@@; (HDZ:) … [xì] 餼 |
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The character 既 jì ‘since/already’ is an abbrev. of the old form 旣, replacing 皀 on the left with 㫐 (omitting the top dot, as in 即); the component is not 艮 or 良 (which have similar shapes in some compound characters). | The character 既 jì ‘since/already’ is an abbrev. of the old form 旣, replacing 皀 on the left with 㫐 (omitting the top dot, as in 即); the component is not 艮 or 良 (which have similar shapes in some compound characters). | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 既(旣) jì ‘eat/finish a little food; finished/exhausted/already’ combines 皀() jí ‘fragrant grain’ (phonosemantic), and 旡(㒫) jì ‘belch (after eating)’ (phonosemantic). | The Shuōwén Seal form of 既(旣) jì ‘eat/finish a little food; finished/exhausted/already’ combines 皀() jí ‘fragrant grain’ (phonosemantic), and 旡(㒫) jì ‘belch (after eating)’ (phonosemantic). | ||
Compare: 既(旣) jì ← MC /kjəis/; 旡(㒫) jì ← MC /kjəis/; 皀() jí ← MC /kjep/; 即(卽) jí ← MC /tsjik/ (SBGY). | Compare: 既(旣) jì ← MC /kjəis/; 旡(㒫) jì ← MC /kjəis/; 皀() jí ← MC /kjep/; 即(卽) jí ← MC /tsjik/ (SBGY). | ||
| + | Compare: 暨(曁) jì ‘dawn’ (sun just appearing on the horizon), in which 既(旣) jì ‘already’ (phonosemantic). | ||
In old graphs (OBI) associated with 既 it is said that 旡 depicts a person looking away from the food, already having eaten and about to leave; and by extension ‘finished/exhausted/already; total eclipse (solar or lunar)’ (HDZ). | In old graphs (OBI) associated with 既 it is said that 旡 depicts a person looking away from the food, already having eaten and about to leave; and by extension ‘finished/exhausted/already; total eclipse (solar or lunar)’ (HDZ). | ||
Compare: 食(𠊊) shí ‘eat/food/feed’, in which also 皀() jí; 全食 ‘total eclipse’. | Compare: 食(𠊊) shí ‘eat/food/feed’, in which also 皀() jí; 全食 ‘total eclipse’. | ||
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