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-<WL>秭 [zǐ] (量词) 古代计量容物单位: 禾五稯为秭, 十秭为穰; (数词) 十亿; 千亿; 万亿; 亿亿; 万万垓 (cf. 正); 积; (古县名) 姊/秭歸縣; (HDC:) (鸟名) 秭鳺, 秭雉, 子规
+<WL>秭 [zǐ] (anc.) grain measure, 5 sheaves; (num.) million; hundred million; (SW) billion/etc.@@; (HDZ:) …
-From 禾 (hé) ‘grain’ and 𠂔 zǐ phonetic.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 秭(􁌵) zǐ ‘(anc.) grain measure, 5 sheaves; billion/etc.’ combines 禾 (hé) ‘grain’, and 𠂔(􁃋𠥽) zǐ (phonetic).
+	Note: SW glosses the number quantity 秭 zǐ ‘billion (10⁹)’ as 數𢡃至萬 ‘counting to one hundred thousand, ten thousand times (gives one billion)’, i.e. 100,000 (10⁵) x 10,000 (10⁴) = 1,000,000,000 (10⁹); cf. 𢡃/億 = 100,000 (十万); the quantity denoted by 秭 varied historically; ten times this large quantity was wr. 冓/溝.
+	HDZ: 秭 : zǐ : (量词) (古) 计量谷物单位: 禾五稯为秭, 十秭为穰; (数词) 十亿; 千亿; (SW) 万亿; 亿亿; 万万垓 (cf. 正); 积; (古县名) 姊/秭歸縣; (HDC:) (鸟名) 秭鳺, 秭雉, 子规
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