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<WL>等 [děng] equal; class; wait; et cetera (etc.)
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<WL>等 [děng] 等同, 平等 equal; 等級 class; 等待, 等候 wait; 等等 et cetera (etc.)
 
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From 竹 (zhú) ‘bamboo’ and 寺 sì ‘temple’.
 
From 竹 (zhú) ‘bamboo’ and 寺 sì ‘temple’.

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[děng] 等​, ​等 equal; 等​ class; 等​, 等​ wait; 等等 et cetera (etc.)

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From ​ (zhú) ‘bamboo’ and ​ sì ‘temple’.
    ​ probably stands for ​ zhújiǎn, the bamboo strips which were used for writing on before the invention of paper. Hence, record keeping, order, classification; (belonging to the same class:) equal.
    ​ sì ‘temple’ is part of 等 děng due to an etymological accident. An ancient word sounded similar to ​ sì, so it was written 等, with ​ signific and ​ phonetic. That word disappeared, and the character 等 was borrowed to represent a synonym, now pronounced děng.
    The meaning of 等 děng has been extended from “class, rank” to “await one’s turn, according to rank” (—Karlgren).
►references: Guǎngyùn:274.35,321.01; Karlgren:AD811,GSR961i'; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.2962.1; Mathews:6178; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:882.24; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:233.1.02; EDOC:1
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