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| − | <WL>啬(F嗇) [sè] stingy | + | <WL>啬(F嗇) [sè] stingy/miserly@@ [qiáng] cf. 嗇 |
| − | The full-form character 嗇(𠾂) sè ‘thrifty/ | + | The simple-form character 啬 sè ‘stingy’ is an abbrev. of the full-form character 嗇, replacing the upper full-form component (7 strokes) with (5 strokes); these components abbrev. old components (see below). |
| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 啬/嗇(𠾂) sè ‘thrifty/farmer’ combines 來() lái ‘grain’, and 㐭() lǐn ‘(walled/circular) granary’: the thrifty/stingy farmer cherishes/stores/hoards every bit of ripe grain reaped in the harvest, in preparation for the long cold winter, and for spring planting; formerly wr. 𤲷(), with a shape in part like 𠂹(); in some senses later wr. 穑/穡(𥣱) ‘ripe/reap (crops)’. | |
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Compare: 墙/牆(𤖠) qiáng ‘wall’, 蔷/薔() qiáng ‘rose (bush/hedge)’; 穑/穡(𥣱) sè ‘reap/harvest; farming’. | Compare: 墙/牆(𤖠) qiáng ‘wall’, 蔷/薔() qiáng ‘rose (bush/hedge)’; 穑/穡(𥣱) sè ‘reap/harvest; farming’. | ||
| + | Note: SW records the possibility that the top component might not be 來, but 棘() jí ‘thorny’ (abbrev. phonosemantic); old graphs seem to have 朿() cì ‘thorn bush’, wr. 龶 (not ) as in 责/責(𧵩) zé (HDZ). | ||
| + | Note: Today mainly 啬/嗇 sè ‘thrifty/stingy’, also wr. 𬈧/濇(瀒) as in the SW gloss of 啬 (愛濇: 爱惜); in the common full form 嗇 both components are abbrev. (來 becomes , which merges into the top of 㐭 leaving 回); in the modern simple form 來 becomes 来 (abbrev. to ). | ||
Compare: 嗇/穡夫 sèfū ‘thrifty farmer’; 啬 sè ‘thrifty/stingy/miserly’ ← ‘cherish/treasure’ (爱惜) → ‘economize/save; frugal’ (节省); cf. 嗇 (HDZ). | Compare: 嗇/穡夫 sèfū ‘thrifty farmer’; 啬 sè ‘thrifty/stingy/miserly’ ← ‘cherish/treasure’ (爱惜) → ‘economize/save; frugal’ (节省); cf. 嗇 (HDZ). | ||
Note: If 嗇 in various compounds seems to be phonetic with the reading qiáng, this is short for 墙/墻/牆(𤖠) qiáng ‘wall’, in which 爿() qiáng is the old phonetic. | Note: If 嗇 in various compounds seems to be phonetic with the reading qiáng, this is short for 墙/墻/牆(𤖠) qiáng ‘wall’, in which 爿() qiáng is the old phonetic. | ||
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