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<WL>弔 [diào] mourn; condole/console; grief; (=吊)@@; (HDZ:) 追悼死者; 慰问; … [dì] (=𨑩) | <WL>弔 [diào] mourn; condole/console; grief; (=吊)@@; (HDZ:) 追悼死者; 慰问; …; 悬挂; … [dì] (=𨑩) | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 弔(𢎣) diào ‘mourn/console’ combines 人() rén ‘person’ (the deceased, as in 尸), with 弓() gōng ‘archery bow’ (weapon of defense, buried with and protecting the body of the deceased from predators). | The Shuōwén Seal form of 弔(𢎣) diào ‘mourn/console’ combines 人() rén ‘person’ (the deceased, as in 尸), with 弓() gōng ‘archery bow’ (weapon of defense, buried with and protecting the body of the deceased from predators). | ||
Compare: 夷() yí ‘kill/exterminate (barbarians)’; 弗() fú ‘not’; 第() dì ‘order/sequence (turns of string wound round)’. | Compare: 夷() yí ‘kill/exterminate (barbarians)’; 弗() fú ‘not’; 第() dì ‘order/sequence (turns of string wound round)’. | ||
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