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| − | <WL>隺 [hè] (古) (鸟名 | + | <WL>隺 [hè] (=鹤F鶴) (古) (鸟名) white crane (白鹤, Gruidae); (component: 榷確㴶㹊搉…)@@ [hú] 极高 [què] “隺然”, 心志高 |
| − | The | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 隺() hú/què/hè ‘high/tall (bird/crane)’ combines 隹() zhuī ‘short-tailed bird’, and 冂(冋) jiōng ‘outskirts/domain’, as in 高() ‘high/tall’: the blazing white long-necked long-legged crane surveys/rules its domain (remote outskirts) from high above; later wr. 鹤/鶴() hè ‘bird/crane’. |
Compare: 冂() jiōng/jiǒng ‘remote/wild/empty city outskirts’, as in 帝() dì ‘god/king’; 冋() jiōng/jiǒng ‘remote frontier/wasteland’, as in 高() ‘high/tall’. | Compare: 冂() jiōng/jiǒng ‘remote/wild/empty city outskirts’, as in 帝() dì ‘god/king’; 冋() jiōng/jiǒng ‘remote frontier/wasteland’, as in 高() ‘high/tall’. | ||
“[隺] 隹 a bird 冂 out in space” —Karlgren(AD). | “[隺] 隹 a bird 冂 out in space” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
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