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<WL>夬 [guài] (卦名) ䷪ Break-through (Resoluteness)@@ [jué] 決/玦: 钩弦器 (扳指 ‘archer's thumb ring’); 损伤, 伤怀 [quē] 缺 | <WL>夬 [guài] (卦名) ䷪ Break-through (Resoluteness)@@ [jué] 決/玦: 钩弦器 (扳指 ‘archer's thumb ring’); 损伤, 伤怀 [quē] 缺 | ||
| − | The | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 夬(叏) jué is said to combine 又() yòu ‘right hand’ (cf. 右), and a shape above like 夊() depicting an archer’s ivory thumbring (the vertical line is the bowstring, as in 引). |
| − | 决 jué as in 决定 juédìng ‘decide’ | + | Note: In ancient archery the thumbring was used to protect the thumb of the archer’s right hand from the bowstring (to prevent blisters when drawing a strong bow); such thumbrings were made of ivory, bone, jade, metal, wood, or leather (cf. 韘, 拾; 韝); modern archers often wear a leather finger tab instead (drawing the bow with the fingers rather than the thumb). |
| + | Older graphs associated with 夬/玦 seem to show two hands holding a large U shape (王宏源), a penannular jade ring symbolizing authority. | ||
| + | Note: ䷪ 夬 guài (not jué); the meaning ‘break-through’ is extended from “the bursting loose of the bow string” (Karlgren: AD440). | ||
| + | Compare: 决/決 jué (as in 决定 juédìng ‘decide’, 决断 juéduàn ‘decisiveness/resolution’). | ||
| + | HDZ: 夬 : guài : 分決 (决断); (卦名) ䷪ • jué : 钩弦器 (決: 扳指; cf. 玦); 损伤, 伤坏; 缺 (quē): 空缺 | ||
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#c乛大 | #c乛大 | ||
#y gwaai/ | #y gwaai/ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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