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The character 壬() rén ‘ninth Heavenly Stem’ is very old, and like all ten 天干 ‘Heavenly Stems’ their derivations are obscure; cf. the twelve 地支 ‘Earthly Branches’ (also obscure). It is possibly an old form of the character 任() rèn ‘carry a burden’. | The character 壬() rén ‘ninth Heavenly Stem’ is very old, and like all ten 天干 ‘Heavenly Stems’ their derivations are obscure; cf. the twelve 地支 ‘Earthly Branches’ (also obscure). It is possibly an old form of the character 任() rèn ‘carry a burden’. | ||
壬 rén depicts “a 丨 carrying pole supported 一 in the middle part and having one object attached at each end, as always done in China” —Karlgren(1923). (See 扁担 biǎndan). | 壬 rén depicts “a 丨 carrying pole supported 一 in the middle part and having one object attached at each end, as always done in China” —Karlgren(1923). (See 扁担 biǎndan). | ||
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Don’t confuse 壬() rén with the old character 壬/𡈼(𡔛) tǐng, which now only occurs as a component in other characters, and is today written the same way; it is the phonetic component in 廷 tíng, 呈 chéng, 聽 tīng, 巠 jīng, etc.; compare also 王() wáng ‘king’. | Don’t confuse 壬() rén with the old character 壬/𡈼(𡔛) tǐng, which now only occurs as a component in other characters, and is today written the same way; it is the phonetic component in 廷 tíng, 呈 chéng, 聽 tīng, 巠 jīng, etc.; compare also 王() wáng ‘king’. | ||
#rG.218.18,320.06 W.82c,81d K.AD934,1002,GSR667a D.1.417.1 M.3100 KX..243.01 B.007.1.09 | #rG.218.18,320.06 W.82c,81d K.AD934,1002,GSR667a D.1.417.1 M.3100 KX..243.01 B.007.1.09 | ||
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