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<WL>射 [shè] shoot, fire; send out; 注射 inject; 射箭 archery | <WL>射 [shè] shoot, fire; send out; 注射 inject; 射箭 archery@@ [yè] 僕射 (官名) [yì] 厭 surfeit | ||
#i4 | #i4 | ||
The modern character 射 is 身 (shēn) ‘body’ plus 寸 (cùn) ‘hand’. An older seal form was 身 body plus 矢 (shǐ) ‘arrow’. The oldest oracle-bone and bronze characters clearly depict a bow and arrow, and sometimes a hand. | The modern character 射 is 身 (shēn) ‘body’ plus 寸 (cùn) ‘hand’. An older seal form was 身 body plus 矢 (shǐ) ‘arrow’. The oldest oracle-bone and bronze characters clearly depict a bow and arrow, and sometimes a hand. | ||
“At the standardization of characters in the third century B.C., the bow was unfortunately exchanged for the character for BODY, which in its oldest form bears some similarity to BOW” —Lindqvist. | “At the standardization of characters in the third century B.C., the bow was unfortunately exchanged for the character for BODY, which in its oldest form bears some similarity to BOW” —Lindqvist. | ||
射 shè is phonetic in 谢(謝) xiè ‘thank’. | 射 shè is phonetic in 谢(謝) xiè ‘thank’. | ||
#rG.422.56,423.19,517.25,519.54 K.AD865,GSR807a D.1.506.10 L.81 M.5703 KX..294.13 B.160.1.07 WHY...153 | #rG.422.56,423.19,517.25,519.54 K.AD865,GSR807a D.1.506.10 L.81 M.5703 KX..294.13 B.160.1.07 WHY...153 E.1 | ||
#c身寸 | #c身寸 | ||
#y seh- | #y seh- | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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