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The Shuōwén Seal form of 信() xìn ‘honest/true; believe’ combines 亻(人 rén) ‘person’, and 言() yán ‘direct speech’: to take what someone says to heart, take a person at their word, accept/believe a person's word (direct statements) as fact/truth, that they did do what they said they did, or that they will do as they say they will do; formerly also wr. 㐰() with 口 ‘mouth’ on the right; and in the old form 訫(), on the left is an old form of 言, and on the right 心() xīn ‘heart/feeling’ (phonosemantic). | The Shuōwén Seal form of 信() xìn ‘honest/true; believe’ combines 亻(人 rén) ‘person’, and 言() yán ‘direct speech’: to take what someone says to heart, take a person at their word, accept/believe a person's word (direct statements) as fact/truth, that they did do what they said they did, or that they will do as they say they will do; formerly also wr. 㐰() with 口 ‘mouth’ on the right; and in the old form 訫(), on the left is an old form of 言, and on the right 心() xīn ‘heart/feeling’ (phonosemantic). | ||
| + | Compare: 𥷚(𥷤) jū ‘try/hear a criminal case’, in which 信() believable/truthful testimony from a 亻(人 rén) ‘person’ (plaintiff). | ||
| + | Compare: 侃(𠈉) kǎn ‘honest/outspoken’, in which 㐰(信). | ||
Note: The old SW form 訫() suggests 心 as phonosemantic; though 信 xìn and 心 xīn were not MC/OC homophones, the syllables were very similar (GSR), including s- initials and nasal codas -n vs. -m respectively; but Baxter(1992) distinguishes OC devoiced/voiceless nasal initials sn-/hn- for 信, not for 心, perhaps for an old s- causal prefix, 心 xīn (n.) ‘heart’, vs. 訫 xìn (v.) ‘take to heart’; cf. 沁(). | Note: The old SW form 訫() suggests 心 as phonosemantic; though 信 xìn and 心 xīn were not MC/OC homophones, the syllables were very similar (GSR), including s- initials and nasal codas -n vs. -m respectively; but Baxter(1992) distinguishes OC devoiced/voiceless nasal initials sn-/hn- for 信, not for 心, perhaps for an old s- causal prefix, 心 xīn (n.) ‘heart’, vs. 訫 xìn (v.) ‘take to heart’; cf. 沁(). | ||
Compare: 信() xìn ← MC /siens/; 讯/訊(𧨼) xùn ‘ask/inquire; news’ ← MC /siens/ (SBGY). | Compare: 信() xìn ← MC /siens/; 讯/訊(𧨼) xùn ‘ask/inquire; news’ ← MC /siens/ (SBGY). | ||
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