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| − | <WL>夅(=降)(!舛𡕘牢) [jiàng] [xiáng] cf. 降 | + | <WL>夅(=降)(!舛𡕘牢) [jiàng] [xiáng] cf. 降 descend; (SW:) 夅, 服也; (DYC:) ‘降’ 行而 ‘夅’ 廢矣; (YP:) 夅, 伏也。今作 ‘降’。(服/伏 ‘fall’) |
| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 夅() jiàng/xiáng ‘descend/surrender’ combines 夂() zhǐ ‘stop’ above, and 𡕒() kuà ‘step’ below; DYC says (explaining the SW gloss 服 fú ‘serve/conquer’) that the old meaning is that of 夅/降服 xiángfú ‘surrender’ (夂 represents the conqueror, and 𡕒 the conquered; cf. 降伏 vs. 降服). | |
| + | Old graphs associated with 夅/降 suggest that 夅 represents two feet (like 止, but with toes pointing downwards; one foot raised above the other) descending an incline. | ||
| + | Compare: 止() zhǐ ‘foot; stop’; 步() bù ‘step’; 陟() zhì ‘ascend’; 降() jiàng/xiáng ‘descend/surrender’. | ||
#c夂㐄 | #c夂㐄 | ||
#rD.2.868.4 M.654 G.039.39 KX..244.20 | #rD.2.868.4 M.654 G.039.39 KX..244.20 | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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