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The Shuōwén Seal form of 亦(𡗕) yì ‘sides; besides/also’ is said to combine 大() dà ‘big’ (a person with arms extended), and 八() two strokes on either side marking the sides of the body/person (under-arms, 腋 ‘armpits’, 胁 ‘ribs/flanks’; cf. 胳: 亦下; 胠: 亦下); note the old word 臂亦 bìyì ‘part of the body, between the arms and the torso’ (DYC). | The Shuōwén Seal form of 亦(𡗕) yì ‘sides; besides/also’ is said to combine 大() dà ‘big’ (a person with arms extended), and 八() two strokes on either side marking the sides of the body/person (under-arms, 腋 ‘armpits’, 胁 ‘ribs/flanks’; cf. 胳: 亦下; 胠: 亦下); note the old word 臂亦 bìyì ‘part of the body, between the arms and the torso’ (DYC). | ||
| − | Compare: 腋() yè ‘armpit’ (腋窝), in which 夜 (phonetic); 夜(𡖍) yè ‘night’, in which 亦 (abbrev. phonetic). | + | Compare: 腋() yè ‘armpit’ (腋窝), in which 夜 (phonetic); 掖() yè ‘take/support by the arm; lower arm’; 夜(𡖍) yè ‘night’, in which 亦 (abbrev. phonetic). |
| − | Note: 亦 is said to be the old | + | Note: 亦 is said to be the old wr. of 腋; besides the old meaning 亦 ‘sides (of the body)’, derived adverbial meanings: ‘besides/also’ (as in SW 亦声 yíshēng ‘phonosemantic’, lit. “also phonetic”). |
Note: 亦 yì ‘also’ (as in 亦然) is a bookish word; it is phonetic in 迹(𨒏) jī ‘trace, remains’, and in rare characters such as 弈() yì and 奕() yì. | Note: 亦 yì ‘also’ (as in 亦然) is a bookish word; it is phonetic in 迹(𨒏) jī ‘trace, remains’, and in rare characters such as 弈() yì and 奕() yì. | ||
| + | Compare: 夹/夾() jiā ‘take/hold/carry in both arms’; 俠() xiá ‘chivalrous knight-errant’; 㚒() shǎn ‘steal/thief’; 挟/挾() xié ‘carry under the arm (secretly)’. | ||
Compare: (䜌) luán, which is a simplified component (as in 挛 luán, 变 biàn, 恋 liàn, 蛮 mán, 弯 wān, …). | Compare: (䜌) luán, which is a simplified component (as in 挛 luán, 变 biàn, 恋 liàn, 蛮 mán, 弯 wān, …). | ||
Compare: 赤(𤆍) chì ‘red’, the bottom of which looks like the bottom of 亦, but derives from 火. | Compare: 赤(𤆍) chì ‘red’, the bottom of which looks like the bottom of 亦, but derives from 火. | ||
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