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The Shuōwén Seal form of 臣() chén ‘bowing slave/servant’ is said to depict a person prostrate on the ground, kneeling/bowing with arms extended. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 臣() chén ‘bowing slave/servant’ is said to depict a person prostrate on the ground, kneeling/bowing with arms extended. | ||
| + | Compare: 拜(𢫶𣬓𢷎) bài ‘honor/worship’; 𢪒(𠬞廾) gǒng ‘upraised/respectful hands’. | ||
Older graphs associated with 臣 are thought to depict an eye/head turned sideways (rotated 90 degrees); Karlgren (GSR:241,377) compares 臣 with old forms of 見 jiàn ‘see’ in which 目 ‘eye’ (or 首 ‘hairy head with eye’) is 罒 horizontal; old forms of 見() have the horizontal eye-slit, but the arms and legs of the human body are seen in profile: bending the body at the waist turns that eye vertically (and the body is not drawn). | Older graphs associated with 臣 are thought to depict an eye/head turned sideways (rotated 90 degrees); Karlgren (GSR:241,377) compares 臣 with old forms of 見 jiàn ‘see’ in which 目 ‘eye’ (or 首 ‘hairy head with eye’) is 罒 horizontal; old forms of 見() have the horizontal eye-slit, but the arms and legs of the human body are seen in profile: bending the body at the waist turns that eye vertically (and the body is not drawn). | ||
Compare: 艮(𥃩) gèn ‘look back’ (☶), which is historically similar to 見() jiàn ‘see’ in several respects. | Compare: 艮(𥃩) gèn ‘look back’ (☶), which is historically similar to 見() jiàn ‘see’ in several respects. | ||
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