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<WL>屯 [tún] 屯/囤 collect, store up; 屯田 outpost/garrison-farm; 屯子 village; (姓) [zhūn] (卦名) ䷂ Difficulty at the Beginning@@; (HDZ:) … 艰难, 危难; 吝惜; 盈, 充满; 厚 | <WL>屯 [tún] 屯/囤 collect, store up; 屯田 outpost/garrison-farm; 屯子 village; (姓) [zhūn] (卦名) ䷂ Difficulty at the Beginning@@; (HDZ:) … 艰难, 危难; 吝惜; 盈, 充满; 厚 | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 屯() zhūn ‘(sprout up with, overcome) difficulty’ (迍/屯邅 zhūnzhān) combines a horizontal line representing 一 ‘earth’ (as in 至), and 𡳾/屮() chè ‘sprout’ (with 子叶 ‘cotyledons’): the seedling finds it difficult to break free of its husk, to sprout up through the hard soil, but overcomes such obstacles in order to send its first root down to penetrate the soil, its first leaves up to reach the light. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 屯() zhūn ‘(sprout up with, overcome) difficulty’ (迍/屯邅 zhūnzhān) combines a horizontal line representing 一 ‘earth’ (as in 至), and 𡳾/屮() chè ‘sprout’ (with 子叶 ‘cotyledons’): the seedling finds it difficult to break free of its husk, to sprout up through the hard soil, but overcomes such obstacles in order to send its first root down to penetrate the soil, its first leaves up to reach the light. | ||
| − | Compare: 春(萅) chūn ‘springtime’, in which 屯() zhūn (phonosemantic). | + | Compare: 春(萅) chūn ‘springtime’, in which 屯() zhūn (phonosemantic); 窀() zhūn ‘bury/grave’ (窀穸). |
Note: Formerly 屯() zhūn, but today mainly 屯 tún, cf. 囤 dùn/tún, 屯/囤积, 屯/囤积货物, 屯/囤粮. | Note: Formerly 屯() zhūn, but today mainly 屯 tún, cf. 囤 dùn/tún, 屯/囤积, 屯/囤积货物, 屯/囤粮. | ||
| − | “...To sprout, grow; (hard soil:) hard... cultivation of land by soldiers, military tenure, military colonists; garrison, camp; village; assemble — a 屮 sprouting plant breaking through 一 the surface” —Karlgren. | + | Compare: ䷂ 屯 (☵☳); the character and hexagram structures are parallel, with 十/㐅(☵) and 凵(☳). |
| + | “...To sprout, grow; (hard soil:) hard... cultivation of land by soldiers, military tenure, military colonists; garrison, camp; village; assemble — a 屮 sprouting plant breaking through 一 the surface” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
Compare: 旦, 丠, 巠, 立, 或, 才, 耑, 至, … (also with a horizontal line 一 ‘earth/land’ in the Seal). | Compare: 旦, 丠, 巠, 立, 或, 才, 耑, 至, … (also with a horizontal line 一 ‘earth/land’ in the Seal). | ||
Compare: 𠁧() zhōng/zhòng, 屯() zhūn/tún. | Compare: 𠁧() zhōng/zhòng, 屯() zhūn/tún. | ||
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