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<WL>宜 [yí] suitable/appropriate/fitting (适宜 shìyí) [yi] cheap (便宜 piányi)@@; (HDZ:) … | <WL>宜 [yí] suitable/appropriate/fitting (适宜 shìyí) [yi] cheap (便宜 piányi)@@; (HDZ:) … | ||
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| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 宜(宐) yí | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 宜(宐) yí ‘suitable/fit/match’ puts 宀 mián ‘roof’ over 多() duō ‘much’ (abbrev. phonosemantic), over a line 一 (representing the earth/floor); the shape 多 reduced to 夕 is said to represent a happily matched/married couple (the two become one); old forms including 𡨆() and 𡪀() are not abbrev. (or suggest friendship beyond a single household; cf. 誼. |
Note: The shape 且() in the modern form is unconnected with 宜(宐) in Shuōwén (but old graphs associated with 宜 suggest old wr. of 且/俎 ‘food/offering’). | Note: The shape 且() in the modern form is unconnected with 宜(宐) in Shuōwén (but old graphs associated with 宜 suggest old wr. of 且/俎 ‘food/offering’). | ||
“To order aright; proper, right, fit; ought — 多 much between 宀 roof and 一 floor, a well-furnished house” —Karlgren(AD). | “To order aright; proper, right, fit; ought — 多 much between 宀 roof and 一 floor, a well-furnished house” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
Compare: 义(義), 仪(儀) yí, 谊/誼(𧧼) yì. | Compare: 义(義), 仪(儀) yí, 谊/誼(𧧼) yì. | ||
Compare: 移() yí ‘move/transplant (young seedlings)’. | Compare: 移() yí ‘move/transplant (young seedlings)’. | ||
| − | + | Compare: 叠/疊(㬪) dié ‘pile up, repeat, accumulate’. | |
| + | Note: 宜 yí, 谊/誼 yì (as in 友谊 yǒuyì ‘friendship’), 义/议 yì, and 仪 yí are said to be cognates; this traditional Chinese view, cf. 誼 (DYC), was repeated by Karlgren(AD). | ||
HDZ: 宜 : yí : (甲金) 俎: 象肉在俎上之形; 菜肴; (菜名); 适宜的事; 相称, 适当; 应当, 应该; (副词); (量词); (助词); (古州名); (姓) | HDZ: 宜 : yí : (甲金) 俎: 象肉在俎上之形; 菜肴; (菜名); 适宜的事; 相称, 适当; 应当, 应该; (副词); (量词); (助词); (古州名); (姓) | ||
#rG.045.04 K.AD196,GSR21a D.2.920.5,2.920.6 M.2993 KX..284.03 B.094.1.04 E.1 | #rG.045.04 K.AD196,GSR21a D.2.920.5,2.920.6 M.2993 KX..284.03 B.094.1.04 E.1 | ||
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