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| − | <WL>铜(F銅) [tóng] copper (Cu); 青铜 | + | <WL>铜(F銅) [tóng] copper (Cu); copper alloy, 青铜 bronze (copper & tin), 黄铜 brass (copper & zinc) |
| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 铜/銅() tóng ‘copper’ (orange/red metal) combines 钅(金 jīn) ‘metal’, and 同() tóng ‘together’ (phonosemantic). | |
| − | “同 and 銅 are etymologically the same word (not considering the script): tóng ‘put together’, and the special kind of ‘putting together’ in an alloyage is marked by an additional specifying signific 金: 銅” —Karlgren. | + | Compare: 同() tóng ‘together’, which formerly wr. 铜/銅()tóng ‘copper’ (HDZ). |
| + | Older graphs associated with 同/銅 might depict a lidded copper/brass/bronze vessel (together with lid), smelted/alloyed copper/tin/zinc/etc. | ||
| + | “同 and 銅 are etymologically the same word (not considering the script): tóng ‘put together’, and the special kind of ‘putting together’ in an alloyage is marked by an additional specifying signific 金: 銅” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
#rK.AD1150 D.6.4196.8 B.194.1.06 E.0 | #rK.AD1150 D.6.4196.8 B.194.1.06 E.0 | ||
#c钅同 | #c钅同 | ||
#y tuhng\ | #y tuhng\ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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