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| − | <WL>季 [jì] (季节) season (冬季 ‘winter’, 春季 ‘spring’, 夏季 ‘summer’, 秋季 ‘autumn’); 四季 four seasons; 季风 monsoon; 旱季 dry season | + | <WL>季 [jì] (季节) season (冬季 ‘winter’, 春季 ‘spring’, 夏季 ‘summer’, 秋季 ‘autumn’); 四季 four seasons; 季风 monsoon; 旱季 dry season; 叔季 latter days@@; (HDZ:) … |
| − | The character 季() jì | + | The character 季 jì ‘season of the year’ (8 strokes) is said to be an old abbrev. of the old form 𡦠 (16 strokes), keeping the lower component 子 (3 strokes), but replacing the old upper component 稚 (13 strokes) with its left-side part 禾 (5 strokes). |
| − | “Infant; 从子, 从稚省, 会意。幼也。The most 稚 (contracted) delicate among the 子 children, the youngest, the last. By extension, the last month of each quarter of the year, that ends the season; hence the derived meaning, season.” —Wieger. | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 季() jì ‘young child/person’ combines 子 zǐ ‘child’, and 稚(稺) zhì ‘immature/young/late-sown sprout/seedling’ (abbrev. phonosemantic). |
| + | Note: 季 jì ‘young child/person’ (ant. 老 lǎo ‘old’), as in 伯仲叔季 ‘order of family seniority’ (among brothers, from eldest to youngest); the young/youngest male child (弟弟) in the birth/temporal sequence of children is assoc. with the seedling which sprouts in the spring time/season, and hence extended meanings 季 ‘season (of the year), quarter/time’. | ||
| + | “Infant; 从子, 从稚省, 会意。幼也。The most 稚 (contracted) delicate among the 子 children, the youngest, the last. By extension, the last month of each quarter of the year, that ends the season; hence the derived meaning, season.” —Wieger. | ||
| + | Note: Wieger is not quoting any edition of SW, but he is guessing along the same lines as commentaries such as 《说文‧疑疑》, that 稚/稺: 幼 ‘young’ in 季 was not the phonetic at all, that 季 is just a 会意 compound of 禾 over 子; young offspring like seedling crops must be nurtured/cultivated in their season; cf. 孛. | ||
HDZ: 季 : jì : 年少者的称呼 (ant. 老); (古) 伯仲叔季排行, 同辈排行中最小的; 弟弟; 某一朝代、年号或季节的末期; 小; 幼稚, 未成熟; 三个月为一季, 一年分春夏秋冬四季; 季节 (雨季, 旺季); 一段时间; 一个时代的末了 (叔季); (姓) | HDZ: 季 : jì : 年少者的称呼 (ant. 老); (古) 伯仲叔季排行, 同辈排行中最小的; 弟弟; 某一朝代、年号或季节的末期; 小; 幼稚, 未成熟; 三个月为一季, 一年分春夏秋冬四季; 季节 (雨季, 旺季); 一段时间; 一个时代的末了 (叔季); (姓) | ||
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