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<WL>屰 [nì] (古) 逆: 不顺 (逆流而上 ‘go against the current’) oppose/contrary@@ [pò] 霸: 月始生 (cf. 𦥭: 舂) [jí] 戟 | <WL>屰 [nì] (古) 逆: 不顺 (逆流而上 ‘go against the current’) oppose/contrary@@ [pò] 霸: 月始生 (cf. 𦥭: 舂) [jí] 戟 | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 屰() nì ‘oppose/contrary’ is said to combine 干() gān ‘pestle’ and 凵() qiǎn ‘mortar’: mortar and pestle are opposites/contrary. | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 屰() nì ‘oppose/contrary’ is said to combine 干() gān ‘pestle’, and 凵() qiǎn ‘mortar’: mortar and pestle are opposites/contrary. |
Compare: 𦥭(𦥾) pò, 舂(𦦓) chōng ‘mortar and pestle’. | Compare: 𦥭(𦥾) pò, 舂(𦦓) chōng ‘mortar and pestle’. | ||
Old inscriptional forms associated with 屰/逆 are said to depict 大(亣) dà ‘big man’ upside down (fallen on hard/contrary times); cf. 化/𠤎() huà ‘change’, as in 辰(). | Old inscriptional forms associated with 屰/逆 are said to depict 大(亣) dà ‘big man’ upside down (fallen on hard/contrary times); cf. 化/𠤎() huà ‘change’, as in 辰(). | ||
| + | Compare: 屰() nì, 逆() nì ← MC /ŋuak/ (SBGY). | ||
| + | Compare: 逆() nì ‘go against, oppose/contrary’ (逆水, 逆流而上 ‘go against the current’); 溯(㴑遡) sù (as in 上溯 shàngsù ‘go against the stream’). | ||
| + | Compare: 㲻() nì ‘sink/submerge; drown’ ← MC /ȵjɑk/nik/ (SBGY), later wr. 溺(). | ||
Compare: 幸(𡴘) xìng ‘luck’, in which 夭() a fated/lucky person skips-over/avoids 屰() harm (contrary circumstances). | Compare: 幸(𡴘) xìng ‘luck’, in which 夭() a fated/lucky person skips-over/avoids 屰() harm (contrary circumstances). | ||
Compare: 幸(㚔) niè ‘penalties/punishments’, in which 𢆉(屰逆). | Compare: 幸(㚔) niè ‘penalties/punishments’, in which 𢆉(屰逆). | ||
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