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<WL>贞(F貞) [zhēn] (坚贞, 忠贞) loyal; virgin (unwed, unbetrothed girl); 贞卜 ancient fortune-telling@@; (易) inner/lower trigram (ant. 𠧩/悔) [zhēng] [zhèng] cf. 貞 | <WL>贞(F貞) [zhēn] (坚贞, 忠贞) loyal; virgin (unwed, unbetrothed girl); 贞卜 ancient fortune-telling@@; (易) inner/lower trigram (ant. 𠧩/悔) [zhēng] [zhèng] cf. 貞 | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 贞( | The Shuōwén Seal form of 贞/貞() zhēng/zhēn ‘practice divination (in order to answer a question)’ combines 卜() bǔ ‘divination’, and 贝/貝() bèi ‘cowrie-shell money’ as a gift/payment (贽) to the diviner; or by an alternative analysis (also given in SW) the bottom is 鼎() dǐng (abbrev. phonetic), cf. 鼑/鼎, and the old readings 貞 zhēng/zhèng. | ||
Compare: 貞 zhēn ‘loyal/faithful’ (坚贞, 忠贞) | Compare: 占() zhān ‘divine/divination (by pyromancy)’. | ||
Compare: 貞 zhēn ‘loyal/faithful’ (坚贞, 忠贞); 真(眞) zhēn ‘true’ (真正, 真诚). | |||
“[貞] Enquire by divination; auspicious; good, virtuous; firm, solid; chaste, pure — from 卜 divination and 貝 (fee to the diviner?)” —Karlgren(1923). | |||
Note: 貞 is also said to be an abbrev. of 鼑/鼎 dǐng ‘cauldron’, used as a phonetic loan; Karlgren(1940). | |||
#rW.56c K.AD1192,GS834g D.1.93.9,6.3623.1 B.026.1.03 WHY...184 E.0 | #rW.56c K.AD1192,GS834g D.1.93.9,6.3623.1 B.026.1.03 WHY...184 E.0 | ||
# | #c卜贝⺊ | ||
#y jing\ | #y jing\ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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