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| − | <WL>军(F軍) [jūn] army, military | + | <WL>军(F軍) [jūn] 军队 army/troops, 军事 military; 进军 march/advance; 军民 soldiers & civilians; 空军 air force |
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| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 军/軍(𠣞) jūn ‘surround; army/unit (of 4,000 men)’ combines 包() bāo (as in 包围 ‘surround/encircle’) abbrev. to 勹() bāo, and 车/車 (chē) ‘war chariot’; in the modern form 軍 the old component 勹 is abbrev. as 冖. | |
| − | “The seal has not 冖 but 勹: the surrounding force, escort of the 車 war-chariot(s): a troop” —Karlgren. | + | Note: 勹() is a variant of 人() rén ‘person’, wr. so as to enfold/surround something (as in 包 bāo ‘wrap/enclose’); hence the old/primary meaning 軍 jūn ‘surround’ (simultaneous head-on and flank military assault, to surround/annihilate the enemy, which requires a large force). |
| + | Compare: 挥/揮(𢰄) huī ‘rouse/incite (to battle); wave/brandish (weapon)’; 运/運(𨔪) yùn ‘move; turn; transport’. | ||
| + | Compare: 䡣() hūn ‘(curved wooden) yoke (on/around the neck of a draft animal)’. | ||
| + | Compare: 君(𠱭) jūn ‘monarch’. | ||
| + | “The seal [軍(𠣞)] has not 冖 but 勹: the surrounding force, escort of the 車 war-chariot(s): a troop” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
“A legion 勹 of 4000 soldiers, with 車 chariots; 四千人包車為軍。By extension, an army” —Wieger. | “A legion 勹 of 4000 soldiers, with 車 chariots; 四千人包車為軍。By extension, an army” —Wieger. | ||
| − | + | #rW.167c K.AD508 D.1.303.7 B.036.0.02 E.0 | |
| − | #rW.167c K.AD508 D.1.303.7 B.036.0.02 | ||
#c冖车 | #c冖车 | ||
| − | #y gwan\</WL> | + | #y gwan\ |
| + | </WL> | ||
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