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<WL>益 [yì] (利益 lìyì) advantage, profit; ䷩ Increase | <WL>益 [yì] (利益 lìyì) advantage, profit; ䷩ Increase | ||
#i4 | #i4 | ||
From 水 (shuǐ) ‘water’ turned sideways ( looks just like ☵ Kǎn in the seal | From 水 (shuǐ) ‘water’ turned sideways ( the top of 益 looks just like the trigram ☵ Kǎn in the seal form 益), over 皿 (mǐn) ‘dish’. Note that 水 is turned sideways because it is over-flowing. Compare 泴(=盥) ‘wash’. | ||
“It represents a 皿 vase, so full of 水 water, that it overflows. This circumstance is represented by the fact that 水 is over the vase and is bent down, thus expressing its overflowing. By extension, addition, profit, excess, overplus.” —Wieger. | “It represents a 皿 vase, so full of 水 water, that it overflows. This circumstance is represented by the fact that 水 is over the vase and is bent down, thus expressing its overflowing. By extension, addition, profit, excess, overplus.” —Wieger. | ||
#rG.516.46 W.125c K.AD197,GSR849a D.4.2560.6 M.3052 KX..793.18 B.168.1.03 | #rG.516.46 W.125c K.AD197,GSR849a D.4.2560.6 M.3052 KX..793.18 B.168.1.03 | ||
#c水皿 | #c水皿 | ||
#y yik\</WL> | #y yik\ | ||
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