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<WL>希 [xī] 希望 xīwàng hope; 希奇 xīqí rare, strange@@; (HDZ:) 稀: 罕见, 少; 睎…; 絺…; (姓) | <WL>希 [xī] 希望 xīwàng hope; 希奇 xīqí rare, strange@@; (HDZ:) 稀: 罕见, 少; 睎…; 絺…; (姓) | ||
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| − | The modern form 希 xī is | + | The modern form 希 xī is wr. as if it has 㐅/乂 over 布 bù ‘cloth’; old forms seem to have 爻 above (perhaps as in 网 ‘net’, i.e. ‘sparse weave’), and 巾 jīn ‘cloth’ below; but old evidence suggests that 希 originated as an abbrev. of 稀 xi ‘sparse’, cf. 稀. |
Note: 希 xī is not defined in Shuōwén, either by accidental omission, or because it was not an old independent character; but it does seem to be a component in several SW Seal forms, treated as 稀() xī (abbrev. phonetic); it was used for 稀/睎/絺 (HDZ). | Note: 希 xī is not defined in Shuōwén, either by accidental omission, or because it was not an old independent character; but it does seem to be a component in several SW Seal forms, treated as 稀() xī (abbrev. phonetic); it was used for 稀/睎/絺 (HDZ). | ||
Compare: 稀(), 莃(), 唏(), 睎(), 脪(), 郗(), 晞(), 俙(), 欷(), 豨(), 絺(). | Compare: 稀(), 莃(), 唏(), 睎(), 脪(), 郗(), 晞(), 俙(), 欷(), 豨(), 絺(). | ||
| − | Note: In 豨() xī ‘(running) boar/hog/pig’, 希 might be an old variant of 豕(𧰧𡰯𢁓). | + | Note: In 豨() xī ‘(running) boar/hog/pig’, 希 might be an old variant of 豕(𧰧𡰯𢁓); cf. 杀(𢁛) shā ‘slay/kill’. |
“The interstices of a woven material, between the crossed threads [爻]; 从巾, 从爻, 象。转注 zhuǎnzhù, loose, not close, thinly, scattered, infrequent. Different 假借 jiǎjiè. Now 稀 xī, literally 禾 grain 希 thin-sown” —Wieger. | “The interstices of a woven material, between the crossed threads [爻]; 从巾, 从爻, 象。转注 zhuǎnzhù, loose, not close, thinly, scattered, infrequent. Different 假借 jiǎjiè. Now 稀 xī, literally 禾 grain 希 thin-sown” —Wieger. | ||
| − | “Loose, spare; rare, precious; seldom; to hope — 巾 stuff with 爻 loose meshes” —Karlgren. | + | “Loose, spare; rare, precious; seldom; to hope — 巾 stuff with 爻 loose meshes” —Karlgren(AD). |
| + | Compare: 㸚() lǐ ‘sparse/loose (plait/weave)’; 网(𦋟網䋞) wǎng ‘net’. | ||
HDZ: 希 : xī : 稀: 罕见, 少; 睎: 望 (希望); 仰慕; 希望, 企求; 静寂无声; 物体相摩擦; 干涸; 散; 施; 止; 絺: 细葛布; (姓) | HDZ: 希 : xī : 稀: 罕见, 少; 睎: 望 (希望); 仰慕; 希望, 企求; 静寂无声; 物体相摩擦; 干涸; 散; 施; 止; 絺: 细葛布; (姓) | ||
#rG.065.38 W.35d K.AD127,GSR549a D.1.731.19 M.2416 KX..329.18 B.054.0.03 E.1 | #rG.065.38 W.35d K.AD127,GSR549a D.1.731.19 M.2416 KX..329.18 B.054.0.03 E.1 | ||
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