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| − | <WL>华(F華) [huá] glory/magnificence; (中華) China [huà] (姓); (山名) 华山 [huā] flower (花) | + | <WL>华(F華) [huá] glory/magnificence; (中華) China@@ [huà] (姓); (山名) 华山 [huā] flower (花/華) [kuā] cf. 華 |
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| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 華(𦾓) huā/huá ‘flower/ | + | The simple-form character 华 huá ‘glory’ is an abbrev. of the full-form character 華, replacing the first 8 strokes of the full-form with 化 (4 strokes), and keeping the last two strokes (十). |
| − | In the modern full form 華 the | + | Note: Formerly 华/華(𦾓) huā/huá ‘flower/glory’, later distinguished as 花 huā ‘flower’, vs. 华/華 huá ‘glory’; the simple form 华 is only rarely/formally used for 华 huā ‘flower’, usually wr. 花 huā ‘flower’; in full-form texts both forms 華/花 huā ‘flower’ are seen (both are in Big5), but only 華 huá ‘glory’ (not 花 huá ‘glory’); the form 花 (SBGY) is rather old, but 華 is much older (SJ); cf. 花 huā ‘flower’. |
| − | In the modern simple form 华 the top is | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 华/華(𦾓) huā/huá ‘flower/glory’ (花/华) combines 艹(艸) ‘grass/plant’, and 𠌶() fū/xū ‘flower’ (phonosemantic), cf. 𠌶. |
| − | + | Note: (诗) (苕之華) 苕之華、芸其黃矣 “The flowers of the bignonia, Are of a deep yellow.” (Legge) [cf. 苕子 tiáozi ‘Ch. trumpet vine/creeper’ (Bignoniaceae Campsis grandiflora)] | |
| + | In the modern full form 華 the old bottom component 𠌶 is abbrev. to look like 𠦒, while the bottom 十 is short for the old 丂/亏() sub-component (cf. 于 yú). | ||
| + | In the modern simple form 华 the top is abbrev. to look like 化() huà (phonosemantic), while the bottom 十 is the last two strokes of the full form 華. | ||
| + | “[華] Etymologically the same word as 花; analysis of character uncertain, perhaps simply a picture of a luxuriant tree” —Karlgren(1923). | ||
Compare: 毕/畢(𤲃) bì ‘finish’. | Compare: 毕/畢(𤲃) bì ‘finish’. | ||
#rW.13f K.AD94 D.1.60.17 L.59 B.030.1.04 WHY...43 E.0 | #rW.13f K.AD94 D.1.60.17 L.59 B.030.1.04 WHY...43 E.0 | ||
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