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<WL>韩(F韓) [hán] (古) well sweep/pole (桔槔); well fence (cf. 韓/榦); (国名) 韩国 Korea, 北韩 North Korea; (姓) | <WL>韩(F韓) [hán] (古) well sweep/pole (桔槔); well fence (cf. 韓/榦); (国名) 韩国 Korea, 北韩 North Korea; (姓) | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 韩/韓(𩏑) hán ‘well sweep/pole’ combines 倝() gàn/qián ‘dry/draw up’ (phonosemantic), and 韦/韋() wéi ‘turn round; surround’: the well sweep/pole pivots/turns (囗 wéi ‘encircle’ is at the center of 韋), in order to draw water from the well; later, 韓 was associated with the well fence (囗/围 wéi ‘surround’), later wr. 榦/幹 ‘well fence’. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 韩/韓(𩏑) hán ‘well sweep/pole’ combines 倝() gàn/qián ‘dry/draw up’ (phonosemantic), and 韦/韋() wéi ‘turn round; surround’: the well sweep/pole pivots/turns (囗 wéi ‘encircle’ is at the center of 韋), in order to draw water from the well; later, 韓 was associated with the well fence (囗/围 wéi ‘surround’), later wr. 榦/幹 ‘well fence’. | ||
| − | Note: The component 韋() seems to represent the well sweep/pole bucket and counterweight system (cf. 韩); the component 倝() may have arisen in | + | Note: The component 韋() seems to represent the well sweep/pole bucket and counterweight system (cf. 韩); the component 倝() may have arisen in conjunction with 韓(𩏑). |
In the common modern forms 韩/韓, the phonetic 倝 is abbrev. to 𠦝; formerly 倝 was wr. out in full 𩏑; in the modern simple form the signific 韋 becomes 韦. | In the common modern forms 韩/韓, the phonetic 倝 is abbrev. to 𠦝; formerly 倝 was wr. out in full 𩏑; in the modern simple form the signific 韋 becomes 韦. | ||
Note: The old meaning of 韩 was 桔槔 ‘well sweep’, a pivoting counterweighted pole/bucket device for drawing water from a well (DYC); this kind of device combines a fixed post/fulcrum (桔) planted some distance away from the well, and a swinging sweep/pole (槔) attached to the fulcrum, with a weight attached to counterbalance the bucket/water; a well sweep is a simple precursor to, and sometimes a component of a 辘轳 well-pulley/winch system, connected to the general well-fence structure surrounding the well (to prevent people/animals from falling into the well). | Note: The old meaning of 韩 was 桔槔 ‘well sweep’, a pivoting counterweighted pole/bucket device for drawing water from a well (DYC); this kind of device combines a fixed post/fulcrum (桔) planted some distance away from the well, and a swinging sweep/pole (槔) attached to the fulcrum, with a weight attached to counterbalance the bucket/water; a well sweep is a simple precursor to, and sometimes a component of a 辘轳 well-pulley/winch system, connected to the general well-fence structure surrounding the well (to prevent people/animals from falling into the well). | ||
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