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 <WL>竞(F競) [jìng] 竞争 jìngzhēng compete; 竞赛 contest@@  [jīng] cf. 競
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-Originally 誩, 言 (yán) ‘words’ doubled, then two 儿 people 言 arguing, disputing, competing. The modern full form is 競, and the simple form is 竞.
+The modern simple form character 竞 is an abbreviation (one half) of 競; the top of 竞 looks like 立, but in the old graphs it is 丯(􀰢) jiè; the bottom looks like 兄, but cf. 競(􀜹𧫘).
-	Compare 竟 jìng ‘finish’, the top of which is from 音 yīn.
 #rW.73d K.AD394 D.4.2708.3 B.167.1.01
-#c咅立口儿兄
+#c咅儿立兄口
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