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<WL>商 [shāng] 商业 business/trade/commerce (商品 ‘goods’); 商讨, 商量 discuss; (数学) 商数 quotient; (星名) 商星: 辰, 大火; (姓) | <WL>商 [shāng] 商业 business/trade/commerce (商品 ‘goods’); 商讨, 商量 discuss; (数学) 商数 quotient; (星名) 商星: 辰, 大火; (姓) | ||
#i4 | #i4 | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of the character 商() shāng ‘estimate/weigh/appraise (value of goods, in trade/commerce)’ is said to combine 㕯() nè ‘stammer’ (haggling with foreigners), and 章() zhāng | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of the character 商() shāng ‘estimate/weigh/appraise (value of goods, in trade/commerce)’ is said to combine 㕯() nè ‘stammer’ (haggling with foreigners), and 章() zhāng ‘measure/reckon’ (abbrev. phonosemantic); formerly also wr. 𡃬(), 𠾃(), 𡄚(). |
| + | Note: The meaning of 章 in 商 is explained relative to 章度 zhāngdù ‘measure/reckon’ (the weight/value of sth), and so it is not simply phonetic. | ||
“It is formed by combination and fusion of 言 (yán) and 内 (nèi). The 口 ‘mouth’ at the bottom of the compound, belongs to 言... To 言 express one’s 内 interior feelings” —Wieger. | “It is formed by combination and fusion of 言 (yán) and 内 (nèi). The 口 ‘mouth’ at the bottom of the compound, belongs to 言... To 言 express one’s 内 interior feelings” —Wieger. | ||
“The seal has 言 and 内 interlaced” —Karlgren (cf. 章, 音十). | “The seal has 言 and 内 interlaced” —Karlgren (cf. 章, 音十). | ||
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