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<WL>丑 [chǒu] (地支) 2nd Earthly Branch; (F醜) 丑陋 chǒulòu ugly | <WL>丑 [chǒu] (地支) 2nd Earthly Branch; (F醜) 丑陋 chǒulòu ugly@@; (HDZ:) … | ||
The character 丑 chǒu (4 strokes) is an old character, today used also as the simple form of 醜 chǒu ‘ugly’ (16 strokes). | The character 丑 chǒu (4 strokes) is an old character, today used also as the simple form of 醜 chǒu ‘ugly’ (16 strokes). | ||
Note: The full-form character 醜 is always replaced by 丑 in simplified texts, but among full-form characters 丑 and 醜 are distinct; 丑 only becomes 醜 when the meaning is ‘ugly’; 丑 was traditionally used to write ‘clown/buffoon’ (opera roles: 丑角, 丑旦, 丑婆子, 生旦净丑, 生旦净末丑, 文丑, 武丑), and from this it was generalized to write the homophone 醜 chǒu ‘ugly’ (丑 and 醜 were not homophones in MC/OC); some full-form ‘clown’ words may be wr. with 醜 today (apparently only the ugliest of clowns). | Note: The full-form character 醜 is always replaced by 丑 in simplified texts, but among full-form characters 丑 and 醜 are distinct; 丑 only becomes 醜 when the meaning is ‘ugly’; 丑 was traditionally used to write ‘clown/buffoon’ (opera roles: 丑角, 丑旦, 丑婆子, 生旦净丑, 生旦净末丑, 文丑, 武丑), and from this it was generalized to write the homophone 醜 chǒu ‘ugly’ (丑 and 醜 were not homophones in MC/OC); some full-form ‘clown’ words may be wr. with 醜 today (apparently only the ugliest of clowns). | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 丑() chǒu (2nd of the anc. Earthly Branches) is said to depict a 又() yòu ‘(right) hand’ (右) with the fingers bound together (their will to move is thwarted); this explanation relates to the character 纽( | The Shuōwén Seal form of 丑() chǒu (2nd of the anc. Earthly Branches) is said to depict a 又() yòu ‘(right) hand’ (右) with the fingers bound together (their will to move is thwarted); this explanation relates to the character 纽/紐() niǔ ‘tie (a slip-knot, which can be easily untied)’, in which 丑 (phonosemantic). | ||
Compare: 狃() niǔ ‘tame/obedient dog’. | |||
Older graphs associated with 丑 seem to depict a 爪() zhǎo ‘claw’, modified later to distinguish the calendrical (地支) usage; the origins were already obscure in E. Hàn times (cf. 天干地支). | Older graphs associated with 丑 seem to depict a 爪() zhǎo ‘claw’, modified later to distinguish the calendrical (地支) usage; the origins were already obscure in E. Hàn times (cf. 天干地支). | ||
Compare: 杽() chǒu ‘hand/finger binding/torture (of prisoners)’ (紐/杻/扭/鈕). | Compare: 杽() chǒu ‘hand/finger binding/torture (of prisoners)’ (紐/杻/扭/鈕). | ||
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