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| − | <WL>岁(F歲) [suì] years old | + | <WL>岁(F歲) [suì] year/age; years old (年岁, 岁数); 万岁 long life; 岁星 Jupiter@@ [suò] cf. 歲 |
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| − | + | The full-form character 歲() suì ‘(planet) Jupiter; year/age’ combines 步() bù ‘step’, cut in half by 戌() xū (phonetic); the planet Jupiter (木星) completes its orbit (steps through, transits all 28 Lunar Mansions) in 12 years (2/5 the orbit of Saturn); in one year Jupiter completes 1/12 of its orbit, and 12 is the number of months in the year; hence the very old associations between Jupiter and year. | |
| − | In the simple form 岁, the top 止 | + | Note: Different ‘year’ words arose in different historical periods: (夏) 歲, (商) 祀, (周) 年, (唐虞) 載. |
| − | Compare 梦( | + | In the simple form 岁, the full-form top part 止 is abbrev. to a shape like 山 (mountain/high), and the whole lower part is replaced by a shape like 夕 (crescent moon): tracking the 12 years of Jupiter's orbit involves 多 many moons of mountaintop astronomical observation; 止/山 substitution occurs in other old 岁/歲 forms (嵗, 𡻕, 亗, 㞸). |
| + | Compare: 梦/夢() mèng ‘dream’; 武() wǔ ‘military/martial arms/arts/force’. | ||
| + | Compare: 威() wēi ‘threaten/meance’; 灭/滅(烕) miè ‘destroy’; 咸() xián ‘all’ | ||
#rW.71p K.AD831,837 D.1.761.18 M.5538 B.028.0.01 E.0 | #rW.71p K.AD831,837 D.1.761.18 M.5538 B.028.0.01 E.0 | ||
#c山夕 | #c山夕 | ||
#y seui- | #y seui- | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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