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| − | <WL>尚 [shàng] | + | <WL>尚 [shàng] still/yet (尚且, 尚在); almost/rather (尚好); value/respect; 高尚 noble/lofty; 时尚 fashion/fad [shang] 和尚 monk@@; (HDZ:) 增加; … [cháng] 尚羊=徜徉; 常; (副词) 嘗 |
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 尚() shàng ‘increase; still/almost’ (曾; 庶几) combines 八() bā ‘divide/eight’, and 向() xiàng ‘northern window, roof/peak vent; toward’ (phonosemantic): 八 here indicates that the height of the roof peak is increased (built up) so high as to rise up ever/still further, to almost split/touch the clouds/sky. | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 尚() shàng ‘increase/more; still/almost’ (曾; 庶几) combines 八() bā ‘divide/eight’, and 向() xiàng ‘northern window, roof/peak vent; toward’ (phonosemantic): the component 八 here (as in 棼) indicates that the height of the roof peak is increased (built up) so high as to rise up ever/still further, to almost split/touch the clouds/sky. |
| − | Compare: 棼() fén ‘(tower/mansion with) sharp/high roof beam/peak’; 焚() fén ‘burn’. | + | Compare: 棼() fén ‘(tower/mansion with) sharp/high roof beam/peak’; 焚() fén ‘burn’; 分() fēn/fèn ‘divide/portion’. |
| − | + | “[尚] Etymologically cognate to if not even identical with 上; picture of the top, the ridge of a house” —Karlgren(AD). | |
| − | Note: HDZ includes (通) usage of 尚 for certain senses of 上; 尚/上 are MC (SBGY) and OC homophones (GSR; Baxter); 尚 in MC is also homophonous with 常, 裳, 嘗. | + | Note: HDZ includes (通) usage of 尚 for certain senses of 上; 尚/上 are MC (SBGY) and OC homophones (GSR; Baxter); 尚 in MC is also homophonous with 常, 裳, 嘗 cháng. |
Compare: 常, 堂, 当/當, 党, 掌, 尝, …. | Compare: 常, 堂, 当/當, 党, 掌, 尝, …. | ||
HDZ: 尚 : shàng : 增加; 添饰; 超过, 高出; 尊崇, 崇尚; 荐举, 选拔; 喜欢, 爱好; 奉; 娶帝王之女为妻; 佐助; 志向, 愿望; 久远; (副词) (庶几 (命令, 祈使; 希冀; 差不多); 必然; 尚且; 还, 依然); 儻: 倘若; 上: (在前, 在上面; 等级, 质量高; 送上, 进献; 登; 达到, 够); 掌 (zhǎng): 主持, 掌管; 當 (dāng): 相当, 匹配; (姓) • cháng : 尚羊=徜徉; 常; (副词) 嘗: 曾经 | HDZ: 尚 : shàng : 增加; 添饰; 超过, 高出; 尊崇, 崇尚; 荐举, 选拔; 喜欢, 爱好; 奉; 娶帝王之女为妻; 佐助; 志向, 愿望; 久远; (副词) (庶几 (命令, 祈使; 希冀; 差不多); 必然; 尚且; 还, 依然); 儻: 倘若; 上: (在前, 在上面; 等级, 质量高; 送上, 进献; 登; 达到, 够); 掌 (zhǎng): 主持, 掌管; 當 (dāng): 相当, 匹配; (姓) • cháng : 尚羊=徜徉; 常; (副词) 嘗: 曾经 | ||
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