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− | <WL>冲 [chōng] (F沖) rinse/wash; gush/flush; (F衝) charge/rush [chòng] (F衝) towards@@; (HDZ:) … | + | <WL>冲 [chōng] (F沖) rinse/wash; gush/flush; (F衝) charge/rush [chòng] (F衝) 冲着 towards; 冲床 (mechanical) punch@@; (HDZ:) … |
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− | The simple form 冲 | + | The simple-form character 冲 (6 strokes) is an old abbrev. of the full-form character 沖 (7 strokes), replacing the left-side full-form component 氵 (3 strokes) with 冫 (2 strokes); cf. 沖, 衝. |
+ | Note: Among simple-form characters 冲 chōng/chòng, with 冫(冰 bīng) ‘ice’, not 氵(水 shuǐ) ‘water’, replaces two different full-form characters: ⑴ 沖() chōng; ⑵ 衝 chòng/chōng. | ||
+ | Note: The change of the old component from 氵 to 冫 was intended to distinguish the original/concrete 沖 ‘rinse/wash; gush/flush’ (water-related meanings), from the more abstract/general meanings 冲 ‘charge/rush’ (non-water-related), but the abbrev. form 冲 eventually replaced 沖 (and 衝) in all simple-form usages (冲 being faster to write). | ||
Note: 冲 is an old common form (俗字), catalogued as a variant of 沖 as early as the 6th c. (玉篇); it also occurs in the common/received texts of 《老子》: 第四十五章:“大盈若冲,其用不窮。” (HDZ). | Note: 冲 is an old common form (俗字), catalogued as a variant of 沖 as early as the 6th c. (玉篇); it also occurs in the common/received texts of 《老子》: 第四十五章:“大盈若冲,其用不窮。” (HDZ). | ||
− | Compare: ( | + | Compare: 冲 chōng (1st tone), vs. 冲/衝 chòng (4th tone). |
− | Compare: 凉(涼) liáng ‘cool/cold’ (also with simple 冫) | + | Note: The reading is 冲 chōng (1st tone) in common polysyllabic words; but also 冲/衝 chòng (4th tone) ‘facing/toward’ (冲着), ‘mechanical punch’ (冲床). |
+ | Compare: 凉(涼) liáng ‘cool/cold’ (also with simple 冫 for full 氵); 净/凈(淨浄) jìng ‘clean/clear’. | ||
HDZ: 冲 : cf. 沖 (chōng); (玉篇) 冲 (俗字) 沖; (老子) 第四十五章: 大盈若冲, 其用不窮 (cf. 沖/盅); (简体) 衝 | HDZ: 冲 : cf. 沖 (chōng); (玉篇) 冲 (俗字) 沖; (老子) 第四十五章: 大盈若冲, 其用不窮 (cf. 沖/盅); (简体) 衝 | ||
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