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<WL>宜 [yí] suitable/appropriate/fitting (适宜 shìyí) [yi] cheap (便宜 piányi)@@; (HDZ:) … | <WL>宜 [yí] suitable/appropriate/fitting (适宜 shìyí) [yi] cheap (便宜 piányi)@@; (HDZ:) … | ||
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| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 宜(宐) yí ‘suitable/fit/match’ puts 宀 mián ‘roof’ over 多() duō ‘much’ (abbrev. phonosemantic), over a line 一 (representing the earth/floor); the shape 多 reduced to 夕 is said to represent a happily matched/married couple (the two become one); old forms including 𡨆() and 𡪀() are not abbrev. | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 宜(宐) yí ‘suitable/fit/match’ puts 宀 mián ‘roof’ over 多() duō ‘much’ (abbrev. phonosemantic), over a line 一 (representing the earth/floor); the shape 多 reduced to 夕 is said to represent a happily matched/married couple (the two become one); old forms including 𡨆() and 𡪀() are not abbrev., or suggest friendship beyond a single household; cf. 誼. |
Note: The shape 且() in the modern form is unconnected with 宜(宐) in SW, but old graphs assoc. with 宜 are also assoc. with 且/俎 ‘food/offering’ (HDZ). | Note: The shape 且() in the modern form is unconnected with 宜(宐) in SW, but old graphs assoc. with 宜 are also assoc. with 且/俎 ‘food/offering’ (HDZ). | ||
“To order aright; proper, right, fit; ought — 多 much between 宀 roof and 一 floor, a well-furnished house” —Karlgren(AD). | “To order aright; proper, right, fit; ought — 多 much between 宀 roof and 一 floor, a well-furnished house” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
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