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| − | <WL>台 [tái] you; (F臺) platform/stage; 台湾 Taiwan; station (電視臺 ‘TV station’); (F檯) table/desk; (F颱) 台风 [tāi] (地名) | + | <WL>台 [tái] you; (F臺) platform/stage; 台湾 Taiwan; station (電視臺 ‘TV station’); (F檯) table/desk; (F颱) 台风 typhoon@@ [tāi] (地名) [yí] 我; 何; … [sì] 嗣; 始 |
| − | 台 | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 台() yí ‘happy’ (怡悦) combines 口 kǒu ‘mouth’, and 已(㠯) yǐ (phonetic); in SW the old meaning is said to be that of 怡() yí ‘happy’ (台說=怡悦). |
| − | + | Old graphs associated with 台 are said to write 始() shǐ ‘begin’ (马王堆); cf. 始. | |
| − | “The 口 mouth exhaling a 㠯() breath. By extension, to speak in order to make one’s self known; I, one’s self; 说也。” —Wieger. | + | Note: The characters 台 and 臺 have distinct origins, but today 台 is used as the simple form of 臺. |
| − | 台 | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 臺(𡔼) tái ‘watchtower/platform’ (觀 guàn) combines 至(𦤴) zhì ‘attain’, with 高() gāo ‘tall/high’ (abbreviated), and above is 之(𡳿) zhī (phonetic); in this compound 至 is said to function as in 屋 and 室, indicating stopping/arrival at a place (in this case, a high position with a view); for the function of 之, cf. 鼓, 壴. |
| − | + | Compare: 晋/晉(𣋤) jìn ‘promote/raise; Solstice’ (䷢), with 至 (doubled) above. | |
| − | 臺 | + | 台: “The 口 mouth exhaling a 㠯() breath. By extension, to speak in order to make one’s self known; I, one’s self; 说也。” —Wieger. [cf. 说/悦: 台說=怡悦] |
| + | 台: “The character is now mostly used as a conventional abbreviation for 臺” —Karlgren. | ||
| + | HDZ: 台 : yí : (代词) 我 (予, 余); 何, 什么; 怡: 喜悦 (怡悦); 頤: 养; 脱落; 瓵: 陶制的一种容器; (姓) • tái : (星名) 三台; 三公; 敬辞; (古地名); (鱼名) 鮐; (量词); (简称) 台湾 (港台同胞); (简体) 臺, 檯, 颱 • tāi : (地名) 天台=台州 • sì : 嗣: 继承; (马王堆) 始 (shǐ): 开始, 起头 (cf. 始) | ||
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