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<WL>贪(F貪) [tān] 贪污 corrupt; 贪心 greedy; 贪欲 avarice/rapacity | <WL>贪(F貪) [tān] 贪污 corrupt; 贪心 greedy; 贪欲 avarice/rapacity | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 贪/貪() tān ‘insatiable greed/desire’ (to get money/property, by hook or by crook) combines 贝/貝 (bèi) ‘cowrie money’, and 今() jīn ‘now/present’ (phonosemantic): to want real money/etc now! | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 贪/貪() tān ‘insatiable greed/desire’ (to get money/property, by hook or by crook) combines 贝/貝 (bèi) ‘cowrie money’, and 今() jīn ‘now/present’ (phonosemantic): to want real money/etc. now! |
Compare: 金() jīn ‘metal; gold’; 含() hán ‘hold/keep sth. in the mouth’. | Compare: 金() jīn ‘metal; gold’; 含() hán ‘hold/keep sth. in the mouth’. | ||
Note: In SW 贪/貪() is glossed 欲物 yùwù ‘desire things’; 欲() is glossed 贪欲 tanyù ‘ceaseless/insatiable/excessive greed/desire’. | Note: In SW 贪/貪() is glossed 欲物 yùwù ‘desire things’; 欲() is glossed 贪欲 tanyù ‘ceaseless/insatiable/excessive greed/desire’. | ||
| − | “Greedy [for] money; covet — 今 presence of 貝 money” —Karlgren. | + | “Greedy [for] money; covet — 今 presence of 貝 money” —Karlgren(AD). |
Compare: 探(𢲘) tàn ‘seek/search after’ (探求). | Compare: 探(𢲘) tàn ‘seek/search after’ (探求). | ||
#rK.AD386 D.1.143.11 B.086.0.05 E.0 | #rK.AD386 D.1.143.11 B.086.0.05 E.0 | ||
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