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<WL>亦 [yì] also; 反之亦然 and vice-versa | <WL>亦 [yì] also; 反之亦然 and vice-versa | ||
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| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 亦(𡗕) yì ‘sides; besides/also’ is said to combine 大() dà ‘big’ (a person with arms extended), and 八() two strokes on either side marking the sides of the body/person (under-arms, 腋 ‘armpits’, 胁 ‘ribs/flanks’; cf. 胳: 亦下; 胠: 亦下); note the old word 臂亦 bìyì ‘part of the body, between the arms and the torso’ (DYC). | |
| − | 亦 yì is a bookish word | + | Compare: 腋() yè ‘armpit’ (腋窝), in which 夜 (phonetic); 夜(𡖍) yè ‘night’, in which 亦 (abbrev. phonetic). |
| − | + | Note: 亦 is said to be the old writing of 腋; besides the old meaning 亦 ‘sides (of the body)’, derived adverbial meanings: ‘besides/also’ (as in SW 亦声 yíshēng ‘phonosemantic’, lit. “also phonetic”). | |
| + | Note: 亦 yì ‘also’ (as in 亦然) is a bookish word; it is phonetic in 迹(𨒏) jī ‘trace, remains’, and in rare characters such as 弈() yì and 奕() yì. | ||
| + | Compare: (䜌) luán, which is a simplified component (as in 挛 luán, 变 biàn, 恋 liàn, 蛮 mán, 弯 wān, …). | ||
| + | Compare: 赤(𤆍) chì ‘red’, the bottom of which looks like the bottom of 亦, but derives from 火. | ||
| + | HDZ: 亦 : yì : 腋: 人的腋窝; (副词) (又; 也; 不过, 只是; 皆, 都; 已经; 确实, 的确); (量词) 假如; (助词); 奕: 大; 易; (姓) | ||
#rG.517.05 K.AD187,GSR800a D.1.281.3 M.3021 KX..88.09 B.033.1.06 WHY...7 E.1 | #rG.517.05 K.AD187,GSR800a D.1.281.3 M.3021 KX..88.09 B.033.1.06 WHY...7 E.1 | ||
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#y yihk- | #y yihk- | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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