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<WL>既 [jì] since; already; 既然 jìrán since, now that@@ [xì] 餼 | <WL>既 [jì] since; already; 既然 jìrán since, now that@@ [xì] 餼 | ||
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| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 既(旣) jì ‘eat/finish a little food; finished/exhausted/already’ combines 皀() jí ‘fragrant grain’, and 旡(㒫) jì ‘belch (after eating)’ (phonosemantic). | + | The character 既 jì ‘since/already’ is an abbrev. of the old form 旣, replacing 皀 on the left with 㫐 (omitting the top dot, as in 即); the component is not 艮 or 良 (which have similar shapes in some compound characters). |
| + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 既(旣) jì ‘eat/finish a little food; finished/exhausted/already’ combines 皀() jí ‘fragrant grain’ (phonosemantic), and 旡(㒫) jì ‘belch (after eating)’ (phonosemantic). | ||
| + | Compare: 既(旣) jì ← MC /kjəis/; 旡(㒫) jì ← MC /kjəis/; 皀() jí ← MC /kjep/; 即(卽) jí ← MC /tsjik/ (SBGY). | ||
In old graphs (OBI) associated with 既 it is said that 旡 depicts a person looking away from the food, already having eaten and about to leave; and by extension ‘finished/exhausted/already; total eclipse (solar or lunar)’ (HDZ). | In old graphs (OBI) associated with 既 it is said that 旡 depicts a person looking away from the food, already having eaten and about to leave; and by extension ‘finished/exhausted/already; total eclipse (solar or lunar)’ (HDZ). | ||
| − | Compare: 食(𠊊) shí | + | Compare: 食(𠊊) shí ‘eat/food/feed’, in which also 皀() jí; 全食 ‘total eclipse’. |
| − | Compare: 即 jí ‘immediately’ (person about to eat); 鄉( | + | Compare: 即(卽) jí ‘immediately’ (person about to eat); 乡/鄉(𨞰) xiāng ‘countryside’ (village/country-folk eating together). |
Compare: 饩/餼() xì ‘food’, formerly also wr. 既 (HDZ). | Compare: 饩/餼() xì ‘food’, formerly also wr. 既 (HDZ). | ||
HDZ: 既 : jì : (甲) 契文象人食已, 顾左右而将去之也, 引申之义为尽; 食尽, 日全食或月全食 (日有食之, 既); 尽, 完尽; 失, 失掉; 至, 及; (代词) 其, 他; (副词) (全, 都; 已经, 已然; 后来, 不久; 即, 便; 其, 将); (连词) (既然; 且, 又); (姓) • xì : 餼: 粮食或饲料 | HDZ: 既 : jì : (甲) 契文象人食已, 顾左右而将去之也, 引申之义为尽; 食尽, 日全食或月全食 (日有食之, 既); 尽, 完尽; 失, 失掉; 至, 及; (代词) 其, 他; (副词) (全, 都; 已经, 已然; 后来, 不久; 即, 便; 其, 将); (连词) (既然; 且, 又); (姓) • xì : 餼: 粮食或饲料 | ||
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