Difference between revisions of "Zi:州"
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| − | <WL>州 [zhōu] prefecture (广州 Guǎngzhōu Canton); state@@; (HDZ:) 洲; …; (姓) | + | <WL>州 [zhōu] prefecture (广州 Guǎngzhōu Canton); state; (书) 九州 China@@; (HDZ:) 洲; …; (姓) |
#i4 | #i4 | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 州() zhōu | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 州() zhōu ‘river delta, sandbar’ is said to double 川(巛) chuān ‘river’ (above and below), signifying the confluence of rivers/waters (river delta), where dry sand/sediment/rocks/land are and deposited, or a sandbar (gravel bar, point bar, island) in the course of the river flow, with whitewater churning around it; formerly also wr. 𠃕(), later wr. 洲. |
| − | Note: | + | Note: Formerly 州() zhōu ‘river delta, sand bar; dry land mass’, later wr. 洲 ‘dry land’; today mainly 州 ‘prefecture; state’, used in place names, and poetically 九州 ‘China’. |
| + | Compare: 沙洲 shāzhōu ‘shoal/sandbank’; 三角洲 sānjiǎozhōu ‘river delta’; 大洲 dàzhōu ‘continent’. | ||
“Main lands inhabitable (isles or continents), surrounded by waters... composed of two 巛 superposed. 水中可居曰州。从重川。会意” —Wieger. | “Main lands inhabitable (isles or continents), surrounded by waters... composed of two 巛 superposed. 水中可居曰州。从重川。会意” —Wieger. | ||
| − | Compare: | + | Compare: 𡿦(☷䷁𡿭) kūn (坤申𦥔); 水() shuǐ ‘water’ (☵); 𡿨(𤰝畎) quǎn ‘trench/ditch/stream’; 巜(澮) kuài ‘irrigation channels’. |
HDZ: 州 : zhōu : 洲: 水中陆地; 地方行政区划名; (古) (单位) 户籍编制; (古国名); (古邑名); 一州的长官; 官舍; 聚集; 居住; 肛门; 殊, 不同; 浮; 时; (姓) | HDZ: 州 : zhōu : 洲: 水中陆地; 地方行政区划名; (古) (单位) 户籍编制; (古国名); (古邑名); 一州的长官; 官舍; 聚集; 居住; 肛门; 殊, 不同; 浮; 时; (姓) | ||
#rG.206.15 W.12L K.AD1238,GSR1086a D.1.46.3 L.54 M.1289 KX..324.01 B.034.1.06 WHY...136 E.1 | #rG.206.15 W.12L K.AD1238,GSR1086a D.1.46.3 L.54 M.1289 KX..324.01 B.034.1.06 WHY...136 E.1 | ||
| − | # | + | #c川 |
#y jau\ | #y jau\ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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