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− | <WL>亯(=𠅠享亨) [xiǎng] cf. 享; (!畐畗𡕨) | + | <WL>亯(=𠅠享亨) [xiǎng] cf. 享 (SW: 亯: 獻); (!畐畗𡕨) |
− | The Shuōwén Seal form of 亯() xiǎng ‘offer; accept (an offering)’ combines 高() gāo ‘high (ancestral hall)’ abbrev., and a shape like 日( | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 亯() xiǎng ‘offer; accept (an offering)’ combines 高() gāo ‘high (ancestral hall)’ (abbrev.), and a shape like 日(𡆠) rì ‘sun/light’ (enlightened communion) depicting a sacrificial offering (皀); the offering is made by an inferior positioned below (so poor that he is not even drawn), to the superior above (condescending, stooping down to receive it); later wr. 享(𠅠), depicting communion between the offerer (below) and the recipient (above), but omitting the (modest/shared) offering/sacrifice; cf. 享/亨. |
+ | Compare: 㫗(𣆪) hòu ‘serious/magnanimous/honest; thick/rich (broth/etc.)’, which is said to be 亯() inverted; the later form 享(𠅠) has vertical reflective symmetry. | ||
+ | Note: SW glosses 亯(𠅠享) with a pun on 献/獻() xiàn ‘(name of a fat temple/sacrificial dog); offer/present (sacrifice/etc.)’. | ||
+ | Compare: 亯(𠅠享) xiǎng ← MC /xjɑŋʔ/; 献/獻() xiàn ← MC /xjɑns/; 衅/釁() xìn ← MC /xjens/. | ||
Compare: 飨(饗) xiǎng ‘feast/entertain (guests)’ (cf. 享: 亯/飨混用); 皀() xiāng ‘fragrant rice/grain/cereal’; 香(𪏽) xiāng ‘fragrant’. | Compare: 飨(饗) xiǎng ‘feast/entertain (guests)’ (cf. 享: 亯/飨混用); 皀() xiāng ‘fragrant rice/grain/cereal’; 香(𪏽) xiāng ‘fragrant’. | ||
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Older graphs associated with 亯/享 are thought to depict the ancestral temple (where offerings were made); cf. 享(𠅠). | Older graphs associated with 亯/享 are thought to depict the ancestral temple (where offerings were made); cf. 享(𠅠). | ||
Compare: 临(臨) lín ‘look down on, stoop down to (from above)’ (䷗). | Compare: 临(臨) lín ‘look down on, stoop down to (from above)’ (䷗). |
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