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| − | <WL>愿(F願) [yuàn] wish/desire@@; (HDZ:) 老实, 谨慎 [yuǎn] cf. 願 | + | <WL>愿(F願) [yuàn] wish/desire; 愿意 willing/wish/want; 但愿 hope/wish; 志愿 pledge@@; (HDZ:) 老实, 谨慎 [yuǎn] cf. 願 |
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| − | The character 愿 | + | The simple-form character 愿 yuàn ‘wish/desire’ (14 strokes) is an old form re-used as an abbrev. of the full-form character 願 (19 strokes); the left-side full-form component 原 is at the top in the simple form 愿, and the right-side full-form component 頁 (9 strokes) is replaced by 心 (4 strokes) at the bottom of the simple form. |
| − | The | + | The simple-form character 愿 formerly had a different primary meaning (see below); today the simple form 愿 replaces the full form 願 yuàn ‘wish/desire’ among simple form characters. |
| + | The full-form character 願 is the older wr. of ‘wish/desire’, formerly also wr. 𩕮/𢥧, intermediary forms on the way to re-use of 愿 as the simple form of 愿. | ||
| + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 愿() yuàn ‘honest/circumspect’ combines 心 (xīn) ‘heart/feeling’, and 原() yuán ‘(pure) source/origin (of a river/etc.)’ (phonosemantic). | ||
| + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 願() yuàn ‘wish/desire’ combines 页/頁 (xié) ‘head’ (brain/mind), and 原() yuán ‘source/origin (of a river/etc.)’ (phonosemantic); within the head is the brain/mind forming wishes/desires, the source of influential thoughts and external actions. | ||
| + | Note: SW glosses 願 with 大头 ‘large headed/minded; important/influential’ (cf. 大有来头, 来头大, 有来头, 来头), explaining the function of the component 页/頁 (xié) ‘head’. | ||
| + | Compare: 顽/頑() wán ‘headstrong/obstinate/blockhead’; 忨() wán ‘yearn for’; 玩() wán ‘play with’; 翫() wàn ‘tired of’. | ||
| + | Note: (诗) (終風) 寤言不寐、願言則嚏 “I awake, and cannot sleep; I think of him, and gasp.” (Legge) [ gasp → sneeze; involuntary thoughts come like a sneeze ] | ||
| + | Note: (诗) (二子乘舟) 願言思子、中心養養 “I think longingly of them, And my heart is tossed about in uncertainty.” (Legge) | ||
| + | Note: (诗) (伯兮) 願言思伯、甘心首疾 “Longingly I think of my husband, Till my heart is weary, and my head aches.” (Legge) | ||
| + | Note: (诗) (野有蔓草) 邂逅相遇、適我願兮 “We met together accidentally, And so my desire was satisfied.” (Legge) | ||
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#c原心 | #c原心 | ||
#y yuhn- | #y yuhn- | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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