Difference between revisions of "Zi:𦣻"
From Wenlin Dictionaries
(test) |
(test) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | <WL>𦣻 [shǒu] (=𩠐首) head; (!頁) [bǎi] (=百) hundred | + | <WL>𦣻 [shǒu] (=𩠐首) head (hairless); (!頁) [bǎi] (=百) hundred |
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 𦣻() shǒu ‘head’ depicts a person’s head (without hair); it is an abbreviated form of 首(𩠐) shǒu ‘hairy head’. The top of 𦣻() shǒu ‘head’ is said to depict the ‘nose/nostrils’ as in 自(𦣹) zì ‘nose’ (鼻子), and the bottom is 口(𠙵) kǒu ‘jaws/mouth’ (嘴巴), cf. 𦣞(𦣝頤) yí ‘jaws/chin’. An old Shuōwén variant of 百() bǎi ‘100’ also written 𦣻() is conflated with 𦣻() shǒu ‘head’ in the modern form 𦣻; cf. 𡚐(奭). | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 𦣻() shǒu ‘head’ depicts a person’s head (without hair); it is an abbreviated form of 首(𩠐) shǒu ‘hairy head’. The top of 𦣻() shǒu ‘head’ is said to depict the ‘nose/nostrils’ as in 自(𦣹) zì ‘nose’ (鼻子), and the bottom is 凵() qiǎn ‘open mouth’ or 口(𠙵) kǒu ‘jaws/mouth’ (嘴巴), cf. 𦣞(𦣝頤) yí ‘jaws/chin’. An old Shuōwén variant of 百() bǎi ‘100’ also written 𦣻() is conflated with 𦣻() shǒu ‘head’ in the modern form 𦣻; cf. 𡚐(奭). |
In modern use 𦣻 occurs only as a component (e.g. in 面 miàn ‘face’, 夏 xià ‘summer’), it is not used in monsyllabic or polysyllabic words (首 or 百 are used instead). | In modern use 𦣻 occurs only as a component (e.g. in 面 miàn ‘face’, 夏 xià ‘summer’), it is not used in monsyllabic or polysyllabic words (首 or 百 are used instead). | ||
| − | Compare: 头(頭) tóu ‘head’, the common modern word for ‘head’ | + | Compare: 页/頁() yè ‘page’, (古) xié ‘head’; 面(𡇢) miàn ‘face’. |
| + | Compare: 头(頭) tóu ‘head’, the common modern word for ‘head’ (as in 头发 tóufa ‘hair’, 头脑 tóunǎo ‘brains’, 头骨 tóugǔ ‘skull’, 头疼 tóuténg ‘headache’). | ||
HDZ: 𦣻 : shǒu : 首 • bǎi : 百 | HDZ: 𦣻 : shǒu : 首 • bǎi : 百 | ||
#rG.322.26 W.160a D.5.3046.3 KX..1000.12 | #rG.322.26 W.160a D.5.3046.3 KX..1000.12 | ||
#c一自 | #c一自 | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
Revision as of 02:20, 2 March 2017
𦣻 [To view this entry, please log in]
The Wenlin Zidian (namespace Zi)
URL: https://wenlin.co/wow/Zi:%F0%A6%A3%BB
Refresh this page
