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<WL>专(F專) [zhuān] special (专门); expert (专家); 专政 dictatorship@@ [tuán] [shuàn] cf. 專 | <WL>专(F專) [zhuān] special (专门); expert (专家); 专政 dictatorship@@ [tuán] [shuàn] cf. 專 | ||
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| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 专/專() zhuān ‘ceramic spindle; plumb bob’ (纺锤; 铅锤) combines 寸 cùn ‘measure’ and 叀() zhuān (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 叀. | + | The simple-form character 专 (4 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 專 (11 strokes); in the full form 專, the variant of the old component 叀 (8 strokes) is placed over 寸 (as discussed below). |
| − | Note: 叀 seems to be an old | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 专/專() zhuān ‘ceramic spindle; plumb bob’ (纺锤; 铅锤) combines 寸() cùn ‘measure’ (wrist/twist), and 叀() zhuān (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 叀. |
| + | Note: The component 叀 seems to be an old pictographic wr. of 專, depicting a ‘ceramic spindle’ (as used in spinning thread, for weaving), also used as ‘plumb bob’ (carpenter's pendulum); in 疐 it is said to mean ‘pull’ (as thread, from a spindle), cf. 疐. | ||
| + | Compare: 䍎() cùn ‘spindle’. | ||
| + | Note: In the simple form 专 (4 strokes), the 叀 top of 專 (11 strokes) is abbrev. to its first two horizontal strokes, and the rest of the strokes abbrev. to two (szp,d); in 专 the final 丶 dot merges the last stroke of 叀 with the last stroke of 寸. | ||
Compare: 转/轉() zhuàn ‘rotate/spin’; 䏝/膞() zhuǎn ‘meat chunks’; 砖/磚 zhuān ‘fired mud/clay brick’ (𤮍/甎). | Compare: 转/轉() zhuàn ‘rotate/spin’; 䏝/膞() zhuǎn ‘meat chunks’; 砖/磚 zhuān ‘fired mud/clay brick’ (𤮍/甎). | ||
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Compare: 惠(𢥁) huì ‘benevolence/compassion’, with 芔 huì (phonetic); 疐(𤴡) zhì (with a component like 叀), 牽() qiān ‘pull/lead’ (an ox). | Compare: 惠(𢥁) huì ‘benevolence/compassion’, with 芔 huì (phonetic); 疐(𤴡) zhì (with a component like 叀), 牽() qiān ‘pull/lead’ (an ox). | ||
#rW.91f K.AD1260 D.1.10.5 B.005.1.04 WHY...91 E.0 | #rW.91f K.AD1260 D.1.10.5 B.005.1.04 WHY...91 E.0 | ||
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