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| − | <WL>圣(F聖) | + | <WL>圣 [shèng] (F聖) 圣人 sage/master, wise man; saint; holy; 圣诞节 Christmas@@; (HDZ:) … [kū] (=𡉄) 掘 |
#i4 | #i4 | ||
| − | The full form 聖 | + | The simple-form character 圣 (5 strokes) is an old character, long-ago re-used as an abbrev. of the full-form character 聖 (13 strokes), replacing the upper full-form part 𦔻 (9 strokes) with 又 (2 strokes), and the lower part 王 (4 strokes) with 土 (3 strokes). |
| − | + | Note: Formerly 圣 kū ‘dig’; as the simple form of 聖() shèng ‘sage/master’ (cf. 聖), the shape 圣 derives from old intermediary forms such as 𩫽/𡑺 (YTZ) in which 土 specifies the land of mortals, vs. 𦔻 above for the immortal wisdom of the heavens (sage as mediator between heaven and earth; cf. 亟/𠄹, 王); the form 圣 (shèng) also suggests an old modification of 生 (shēng), cf. 圣/生辰, 星辰. | |
| − | The | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 圣(𡉄) kū ‘dig (earth, with the hand)’ combines 土() tǔ ‘earth/dirt’, and 又() yòu ‘(strong right) hand’. |
| − | #rG.482.08 W.81h K. | + | Note: SW identifies 圣(𡉄) kū ‘dig’ as an old dialect word; cf. 窟/堀(𡑥) kū ‘cave/hole (in the ground)’, 掘(𢶵) jué ‘dig/excavate’. |
| + | Compare: 怪() guài ‘strange’; 圣/𡉄(扗在) zài. | ||
| + | “[圣 kū] to work in the fields — from 又 hand and 土 earth, soil; character sometimes used as an abbrev. for 聖” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
| + | HDZ: 圣 : kū : (古) 掘 • shèng : (宋元) (俗字), (今) (简体) 聖 | ||
| + | #rG.482.08 W.81h K.AD430,1205 D.1.417.15 M.5753 KX..223.06 B.021.0.10 E.0 | ||
#c又土 | #c又土 | ||
#y sing- | #y sing- | ||
| − | #0</WL> | + | #0 |
| + | </WL> | ||
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