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<WL>械 [xiè] 机械 | <WL>械 [xiè] instrument/tool, machine/appliance (器械, 机械), punishment/torture/execution device (shackles/rack/cangue/gallows); shackle/detain/restrain; weapon | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 械() xiè combines 木 mù ‘wood’ and 戒(𢌵) jiè | The Shuōwén Seal form of 械() xiè ‘punishment/torture/execution device; tool/weapon’ combines 木 mù ‘wood’, and 戒(𢌵) jiè ‘prevent/guard’ (phonosemantic). | ||
Note: The old meanings ranged from 械() xiè (n.) ‘shackles’ to ‘tool’, with the older meaning probably 械 xiè (n.) ‘defensive/precautionary weapons’; the distinction was 械 (n.), vs. 戒 (v.), but later there are also uses of 械 (v.) ‘shackle/detain/restrain’; 戒 is not attested nominally for ‘shackles/etc’ (HDZ), but only 戒 ‘finger ring’; cf. 戒. | |||
“(Defensive arms:) arms, weapons; shackles, fetters” —Karlgren. | “(Defensive arms:) arms, weapons; shackles, fetters” —Karlgren. | ||
HDZ: 械 : xiè : 镣铐和枷之类的刑具; 拘系, 拘束; 器械, 用具; 武器; 治 | HDZ: 械 : xiè : 镣铐和枷之类的刑具; 拘系, 拘束; 器械, 用具; 武器; 治 | ||
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