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<WL>毋 [wú] (书) no, not; do not/don't; (radical 80, 毋部)@@; (HDZ:) (副词) (别, 不要; 不); …; (代词) 没有谁/人; 無 …; (姓) [móu] 毋追=牟頧=毋頧 | <WL>毋 [wú] (书) no, not; do not/don't; (radical 80, 毋部)@@; (HDZ:) (副词) (别, 不要; 不); …; (代词) 没有谁/人; 無 …; (姓) [móu] 毋追=牟頧=毋頧 | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 毋() wú ‘stop! do not!’ combines 女(𠨰) nǚ ‘woman/female’, with a stroke 一 across the nipples/breasts (halter/brassière): do not let her be careless with her behavior/affections (patriarchal artifact of pre-feminist eras). | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 毋() wú ‘stop! do not!’ combines 女(𠨰) nǚ ‘woman/female’, with a stroke 一 across the nipples/breasts (halter/brassière, cf. 女): do not let her be careless with her behavior/affections (patriarchal artifact of pre-feminist eras). |
Compare: 母() mǔ ‘mother’, in which 女(𠨰) has two dots for the nipples/breasts (of the nursing mother); do not be a naïve typist and confuse 母 with (书) 毋! | Compare: 母() mǔ ‘mother’, in which 女(𠨰) has two dots for the nipples/breasts (of the nursing mother); do not be a naïve typist and confuse 母 with (书) 毋! | ||
Note: The function of the 一() component here is said to be as in 乍() zhà ‘try to hide; hastily/suddenly’; cf. 乍 (DYC). | Note: The function of the 一() component here is said to be as in 乍() zhà ‘try to hide; hastily/suddenly’; cf. 乍 (DYC). | ||
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