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The Shuōwén Seal form of 票(𤐫) piāo ‘leaping/flying flames/sparks’ combines 火() huǒ ‘fire’ and 𢍱(𦦒) qiān ‘rise up’ (abbreviated); the modern form 票 is an abbreviation (隶书), with 𡭕 for 火 (cf. 尉) and 覀 for the rest (示 is not an old component of 𤐫); note that the common modern reading is piào (not the old primary reading piāo). | The Shuōwén Seal form of 票(𤐫) piāo ‘leaping/flying flames/sparks’ combines 火() huǒ ‘fire’ and 𢍱(𦦒) qiān ‘rise up’ (abbreviated); the modern form 票 is an abbreviation (隶书), with 𡭕 for 火 (cf. 尉) and 覀 for the rest (示 is not an old component of 𤐫); note that the common modern reading is piào (not the old primary reading piāo). | ||
| + | Compare: 飘/飄(𩙞) piāo ‘whirlwind’; 漂(𤄚) piāo ‘float/drift’. | ||
“Ignis fatuus (vulgo 鬼火 phantom-fire). The Chinese fear them. On the top, 覀 the bust of the hobgoblin. At the bottom, 火 the flame that takes the place of the body’s lower part. In the middle, 一 the waist. The modern meanings of this character, ‘a warrant, a bill’, are 转注 zhuǎnzhù (things that are feared)” —Wieger. [Note: Wieger (or his sources) may be associating the top component 囟 of 票(𤐫) with 甶 the head of 鬼 ‘demon’; cf. 粦.] | “Ignis fatuus (vulgo 鬼火 phantom-fire). The Chinese fear them. On the top, 覀 the bust of the hobgoblin. At the bottom, 火 the flame that takes the place of the body’s lower part. In the middle, 一 the waist. The modern meanings of this character, ‘a warrant, a bill’, are 转注 zhuǎnzhù (things that are feared)” —Wieger. [Note: Wieger (or his sources) may be associating the top component 囟 of 票(𤐫) with 甶 the head of 鬼 ‘demon’; cf. 粦.] | ||
Compare: 䙴(𠨧) qiān ‘climb/vanish’ (as in 遷/迁 ‘move/change’); 农/農(䢉𨑇) nóng ‘farming’; 要(𦥺) yào ‘want’. | Compare: 䙴(𠨧) qiān ‘climb/vanish’ (as in 遷/迁 ‘move/change’); 农/農(䢉𨑇) nóng ‘farming’; 要(𦥺) yào ‘want’. | ||
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