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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). | 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() | Note: The function of the component 一() here is said to be the same as in 乍() zhà ‘try to hide; hastily/suddenly’ (DYC); cf. 不(𠀚). | ||
Compare: 毐() ǎi ‘bad male behavior (toward a woman)’; 毒(𡴛) dú ‘strong poison’ ← MC /duok/; 㱩/殰() dú ‘abort/miscarry’ ← MC /duk/ (SBGY). | |||
“A woman placed under lock and key” —Wieger. | “A woman placed under lock and key” —Wieger. | ||
“A fettered woman... etymologically the same word as 無/无 wú” —Karlgren(AD). | “A fettered woman... etymologically the same word as 無/无 wú” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
Latest revision as of 23:54, 3 September 2018
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
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►³wú 毋 {E} adv. 〈environment:〉 wr. no; not; don't; must not
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!
Note: The function of the component 一() here is said to be the same as in 乍() zhà ‘try to hide; hastily/suddenly’ (DYC); cf. 不(𠀚).
Compare: 毐() ǎi ‘bad male behavior (toward a woman)’; 毒(𡴛) dú ‘strong poison’ ← MC /duok/; 㱩/殰() dú ‘abort/miscarry’ ← MC /duk/ (SBGY).
“A woman placed under lock and key” —Wieger.
“A fettered woman... etymologically the same word as 無/无 wú” —Karlgren(AD).
HDZ: 毋 : wú : (副词) (别, 不要; 不); (助词); (代词) 没有谁/人; 無: 没有 (ant. 有) (cf. 母); (姓) • móu : 毋追=牟頧=毋頧: (古) (冠名) 一种黑布帽子
►references: Wieger:67k; Karlgren:AD1277,GSR107a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2380.1; Mathews:7193; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:588.23; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:011.1.07; EDOC:1
►Cantonese: mouh\
Shuōwén: (毋)
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