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<WL>独(F獨) [dú] only, alone; 独立 dúlì independent@@; (HDZ:) cf. 独 (俗字) | <WL>独(F獨) [dú] only, alone; 独立 dúlì independent@@; (HDZ:) cf. 独 (俗字) | ||
The simple-form character 独 is an abbrev. of the full-form character 獨, replacing the full-form component 蜀 (13 strokes) with its lower part 虫 (6 strokes), as in 触/觸, 浊/濁. | The simple-form character 独 is an abbrev. of the full-form character 獨, replacing the full-form component 蜀 (13 strokes) with its lower part 虫 (6 strokes), as in 触/觸, 浊/濁. | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 独/獨() dú ‘solitary | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 独/獨() dú ‘solitary dog (lone wolf)’ combines 犭(犬 quǎn) ‘dog’, and 蜀() shǔ ‘silkworm/cocoon (isolated)’ (phonosemantic); certain breeds of dog/animal are solitary (non-social), not living in packs (or flocks, like sheep), they are highly territorial (like big cats), and come together with members of their own species only to fight/mate. |
| − | + | Compare: 属/屬() zhǔ ‘join/link together’; shǔ ‘class/category/kind’ (of things linked together, not alone). | |
| + | Compare: (古) 獨 dú ‘a solitary great ape; (mythical) white tiger-like animal’ (HDZ). | ||
Compare: 触/觸() chù ‘butt/ram (with the horns)’; 浊/濁() zhuó ‘muddy/foul’; 烛/燭() zhú ‘torch/candle’. | Compare: 触/觸() chù ‘butt/ram (with the horns)’; 浊/濁() zhuó ‘muddy/foul’; 烛/燭() zhú ‘torch/candle’. | ||
Compare: 猫/貓 māo ‘cat’, in which 豸 is an abbrev. of 豸() zhì ‘feline’ (cf. 豸); 豹() bào ‘leopard; panther’. | Compare: 猫/貓 māo ‘cat’, in which 豸 is an abbrev. of 豸() zhì ‘feline’ (cf. 豸); 豹() bào ‘leopard; panther’. | ||
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