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| − | <WL>嘉 [jiā] good/useful; lucky/happy/wise; benefit/praise@@; (HDZ:) 美, 善 | + | <WL>嘉 [jiā] good/useful; lucky/happy/wise; benefit/praise@@; (HDZ:) 美, 善 …; (姓) |
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 嘉() jiā ‘praise/honor’ (嘉美) combines 壴 zhù ‘(festive/celebratory) drum’, and 加() jiā | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 嘉() jiā ‘praise/honor’ (嘉美) combines 壴 zhù ‘(festive/celebratory) drum’, and 加() jiā ‘exaggerate/increase’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 加. |
| − | Compare: 贺/賀() hè ‘congratulate/celebrate’ (慶賀). | + | Compare: 贺/賀() hè ‘congratulate/celebrate’ (慶賀); 佳() jiā ‘good/beautiful’. |
| − | Older graphs associated with 嘉 are wr. simply 加, or add 壴 ‘drum’ (in one case with 加 abbrev. 力), or a graph like the bottom of 龠 yuè ‘panpipes’ (HDZ). | + | Note: 嘉 and 佳 are homophones today, and interchangeable in some compounds: 佳/嘉偶 ‘happy couple’; they are distinguished (historically, and in some modern usages), but not today clearly (GFC). |
| − | + | Compare: 嘉() jiā ← MC /ka/ ← OC /kraj/ (SBGY; Baxter). | |
| + | Compare: 佳() jiā ← MC /ke/ ← OC /kre/ (SBGY; Baxter). | ||
| + | Older graphs associated with 嘉 are wr. simply 加, or add 壴 ‘drum’ (in one case with 加 abbrev. 力), or add a graph like the bottom of 龠 yuè ‘panpipes’ (HDZ). | ||
| + | HDZ: 嘉 : jiā : 美, 善 (嘉/佳偶, 嘉禾); 幸福, 吉祥; 赞扬, 表彰; 乐, 欢娱; (古) 五礼之一 (吉, 凶, 賓, 軍, 嘉; 婚礼); (姓) | ||
HDC: 嘉美 : 称许, 赞美; 好, 美好 | HDC: 嘉美 : 称许, 赞美; 好, 美好 | ||
#rG.166.32 K.AD342,GSR15g D.1.672.11 M.592 KX..205.07 B.305.1.03 E.1 | #rG.166.32 K.AD342,GSR15g D.1.672.11 M.592 KX..205.07 B.305.1.03 E.1 | ||
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