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The Shuōwén Seal form of 乏(𣥄) fá ‘askew; lack/deficient’ is the mirror image of 正() zhèng ‘right/correct’ (flipped horizontally). | The Shuōwén Seal form of 乏(𣥄) fá ‘askew; lack/deficient’ is the mirror image of 正() zhèng ‘right/correct’ (flipped horizontally). | ||
| − | Compare: 窆() biǎn ‘bury (a coffin)’ | + | Compare: 窆() biǎn ‘bury (a coffin)’; 贬/貶(𧴷) biǎn ‘reduce/decrease’; 砭() biān ‘perform acupuncture with stone needle’. |
“The inversion means that one did not 止 reach the 一 line, the point where one had to reach; a defect, to be in want of, exhausted. The modern character is a fanciful abbreviation that has nothing in common with 之 zhī” —Wieger. | “The inversion means that one did not 止 reach the 一 line, the point where one had to reach; a defect, to be in want of, exhausted. The modern character is a fanciful abbreviation that has nothing in common with 之 zhī” —Wieger. | ||
HDZ: 乏 : fá : 不正; 缺少, 匮乏 (cf. 覂); 疲倦; 荒废; 不中用, 无能; (古) 容: 射礼唱靶者用以避箭的器具, 其形略似屏风, 以皮革制成; (方言) (量词); 犯 (fàn) | HDZ: 乏 : fá : 不正; 缺少, 匮乏 (cf. 覂); 疲倦; 荒废; 不中用, 无能; (古) 容: 射礼唱靶者用以避箭的器具, 其形略似屏风, 以皮革制成; (方言) (量词); 犯 (fàn) | ||
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