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<WL>呈 [chéng] to present; 呈现 appear; 呈报 submit a report@@; (HDZ:) 平; … [chěng] 逞 [kuáng] 𡉚/㞷; 狂 | <WL>呈 [chéng] to present; 呈现 appear; 呈报 submit a report@@; (HDZ:) 平; … [chěng] 逞 [kuáng] 𡉚/㞷; 狂 | ||
The character 呈 chéng ‘present/appear’ seems to combine 口 kǒu ‘mouth/speak’, and 王 wáng ‘king’, but the component 王 here is a combining form of the old phonetic 𡈼 tǐng (as in 廷). | The character 呈 chéng ‘present/appear’ seems to combine 口 kǒu ‘mouth/speak’, and 王 wáng ‘king’, but the component 王 here is a combining form of the old phonetic 𡈼 tǐng (as in 廷). | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 呈() chéng ‘balanced/measured (words, speaking at court)’ combines 口(𠙵) kǒu ‘mouth’ (speech), and 王/壬(𡔛𡈼) tǐng ‘stand | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 呈() chéng ‘balanced/measured (words, speaking at court)’ combines 口(𠙵) kǒu ‘mouth’ (speech), and 王/壬(𡔛𡈼) tǐng ‘stand upright/before’ (phonosemantic). |
Note: The bottom part 壬/𡈼(𡔛) is now usually wr. like 王 wáng ‘king’, and the compound 呈 reinterpreted as 口 ‘to speak’ before the 王 ‘king’, to make an appearance at court → ‘to appear’ (in general); for the SW gloss 平, cf. 廷 (公平 ‘honest/fair’); 程 chéng ‘measure’, 稱/秤 chēng/chèng ‘weigh/measure/scales’. | Note: The bottom part 壬/𡈼(𡔛) is now usually wr. like 王 wáng ‘king’, and the compound 呈 reinterpreted as 口 ‘to speak’ before the 王 ‘king’, to make an appearance at court → ‘to appear’ (in general); for the SW gloss 平, cf. 廷 (公平 ‘honest/fair’); 程 chéng ‘measure’, 稱/秤 chēng/chèng ‘weigh/measure/scales’. | ||
Compare: 𡈼(𡔛) tǐng ‘stand up/before’ (挺立; 廷); 壬() rén (天干); 王() wáng ‘king’; 玉() yù ‘jade’. | Compare: 𡈼(𡔛) tǐng ‘stand up/before’ (挺立; 廷); 壬() rén (天干); 王() wáng ‘king’; 玉() yù ‘jade’. | ||
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