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 <WL>标(F標) [biāo] 标记 sign/mark/symbol (商标 ‘trademark’); 标明 to mark; 标准 standard@@; 标志性 symbolic, 标意 ideographic; cf. 標
-The Shuōwén Seal form of 标/標(􀾗𣠙) biāo ‘treetop; branch tip’ combines 木 (mù) ‘wood’ and 票(􀻢𤐫) piào (phonetic).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 标/標(􀾗𣠙) biāo ‘treetop; branch tip; handle of the Big Dipper’ combines 木 (mù) ‘tree/wood’, and 票(􁮐𤐫) piào (phonetic); in the simple form 标 the phonetic 票 is abbrev. to 示.
-	In the simple form 标 the phonetic 票 is abbreviated to 示 (shì ‘show’).
+	Note: The old meaning ‘treetop; branch tip’ explains the presence of the 木 mù ‘tree/wood’ component; common modern usage as in 标记 biāojì ‘sign/mark/symbol’ and 标志 biāozhì ‘indicate’ seems to derive from old usage of 標 as the name of the stars in the handle of the Big Dipper.
-	Compare: 表(􁚊) biǎo (表示 biǎoshì ‘show’; 圭表 guībiǎo ‘sundial’)
+	Compare: 表(􁚊) biǎo (表示 biǎoshì ‘show’; 圭表 guībiǎo ‘sundial’).
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