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<WL>蛋 [dàn] egg; 鸡蛋 chicken/hen's egg, 鸭蛋 duck's egg; 皮蛋 thousand-year-old (pickled) egg; 蛋白质 protein | <WL>蛋 [dàn] egg; 鸡蛋 chicken/hen's egg, 鸭蛋 duck's egg; 皮蛋 thousand-year-old (pickled) egg; 蛋白质 protein | ||
| − | The character 蛋 dàn ‘egg’ | + | The character 蛋 dàn ‘egg’ combines 疋 (shǔ) over 虫 (chóng) ‘insect/reptile’; formerly wr. 蜑/䗺/蜒. |
| − | + | “[蛋] 疋 is here a vulgar corruption of the 延 yán of the seal which is phonetic...” —Karlgren(AD). | |
| − | Note: 蛋 and its | + | Note: 蛋 and its older forms 蜑/䗺/蜒 are not in received SW texts (DYC); 蜑 in the Sòng SW appendix (XX) is glossed (not ‘egg’, but) ‘Southern barbarians’ as in SBGY (cf. 疍𣇇). |
| + | Compare: 蜓() diàn ‘gecko’ (lizard, oviparous); the old reading 蜓() diàn (蝘蜓 yǎndiàn ‘gecko’) suggests that 蜓() is the source of the form 蛋(蜑䗺蜒) dàn. | ||
Compare: 卵(𠨫𤓲卝丱) luǎn ‘egg’, 毈(㱭) duàn ‘infertile/bad egg’ (cf. 坏蛋, 滚蛋, …). | Compare: 卵(𠨫𤓲卝丱) luǎn ‘egg’, 毈(㱭) duàn ‘infertile/bad egg’ (cf. 坏蛋, 滚蛋, …). | ||
HDZ: 蛋 : dàn : 禽类或龟蛇等所产的卵; 形状象蛋的东西 (石蛋, 脸蛋, 山药蛋); 骂人的话 (坏蛋, 混蛋, 糊涂蛋; 捣蛋, 滚蛋); 蜑 (蜑民) | HDZ: 蛋 : dàn : 禽类或龟蛇等所产的卵; 形状象蛋的东西 (石蛋, 脸蛋, 山药蛋); 骂人的话 (坏蛋, 混蛋, 糊涂蛋; 捣蛋, 滚蛋); 蜑 (蜑民) | ||
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