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<WL>屮 [chè] (古) sprout (草木初生), half of 艸 cǎo grass; (radical 45, 屮部) [cǎo] 艸/草 [zuǒ] (!𠂇) 左手; (comp: 艸芔𠬢𡴇𡴂𠨲…) | <WL>屮 [chè] (古) sprout (草木初生), half of 艸 cǎo grass; (radical 45, 屮部) [cǎo] 艸/草 [zuǒ] (!𠂇) 左手; (comp: 艸芔𠬢𡴇𡴂𠨲…) | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 屮() chè ‘sprout/branches’ combines 丨() a vertical (直) line representing the stem/trunk of a plant (植物), with a curved line depicting the rising branches/foliage, as in the top of 木() mù ‘tree; wood’ | The Shuōwén Seal form of 屮() chè ‘sprout/branches’ combines 丨() a vertical (直) line representing the stem/trunk of a plant (植物), with a curved line depicting the rising branches/foliage, as in the top of 木() mù ‘tree; wood’; that curved line is doubled in 未() wèi ‘tree heavy with branches and foliage’; inverted, this same shape depicts the roots of 木(). | ||
Compare: 艹(艸) cǎo ‘plant/grass/herb’ (草); 屯() zhūn (䷂), 春(萅) chūn ‘springtime’. | Compare: 艹(艸) cǎo ‘plant/grass/herb’ (草); 屯() zhūn (䷂), 春(萅) chūn ‘springtime’. | ||
Compare: 竹() zhú ‘bamboo’, 亇(个) gè (半竹). | Compare: 竹() zhú ‘bamboo’, 亇(个) gè (半竹). | ||
“[屮] A plant sprouting” —Karlgren(AD). | |||
Compare: 𠂇() zuǒ ‘left hand’, sometimes also wr. 屮. | |||
Compare: 熏(𡽽) xūn ‘rising/sweet/fragrant smoke’, in which 屮() chè (representing rising smoke). | |||
Compare: 支(𠬢) tāo ‘hand with a drumstick’; 鼓(𡔷鼔𪔐) gǔ ‘drum’; 支(𠬥) zhī ‘(hand with) branch’. | |||
Compare: 壴(𧯛) zhù ‘drum stand/rack’, in which 十(屮) represents a ritual/processional wand/baton/drumstick with feathered streamers. | |||
#rG.500.47 W.73a K.AD1188 D.2.1021.3 M.283 KX..304.10 | #rG.500.47 W.73a K.AD1188 D.2.1021.3 M.283 KX..304.10 | ||
#y chit- | #y chit- | ||
# | #c凵丨 | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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