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<WL>拜 [bài] honor, worship; 礼拜 lǐbài week [bái] 拜拜 bye-bye | <WL>拜 [bài] honor, worship; 礼拜 lǐbài week [bái] 拜拜 bye-bye | ||
#i3 | #i3 | ||
| − | + | The character 拜 bài ‘honor/worship’ in the Shuōwén Seal form 𢫶() combines 𢪒(𠬞廾) gǒng ‘upraised hands’ (手 shǒu ‘hand’ doubled), over 下 xià ‘down’ (bow down in obeisance, 叩头 kowtow); the modern form 拜 is a distortion of 𢫶, moving 下 to the right and combining it with the right-side 手 to make . | |
“To honour, to reverence. Two 手 hands that are 下 held down” —Wieger. | “To honour, to reverence. Two 手 hands that are 下 held down” —Wieger. | ||
| + | Compare: 廾(𠬞𢪒) gǒng ‘upraised (reverent/respectful) hands’; 友(㕛) yǒu ‘good friends’. | ||
#rG.385.55 W.48d K.GSR328a D.3.1846.7 M.4860 KX..427.02 B.119.1.10 E.1 | #rG.385.55 W.48d K.GSR328a D.3.1846.7 M.4860 KX..427.02 B.119.1.10 E.1 | ||
| − | # | + | #c手 |
#y baai- | #y baai- | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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