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<WL>专(F專) [zhuān] special (专门); expert (专家); 专政 dictatorship@@ [tuán] [shuàn] cf. 專 | <WL>专(F專) [zhuān] special (专门); expert (专家); 专政 dictatorship@@ [tuán] [shuàn] cf. 專 | ||
#i4 | #i4 | ||
| − | The simple-form character 专 (4 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 專 (11 strokes) | + | The simple-form character 专 (4 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 專 (11 strokes), reducing the upper full-form component 叀 (8 strokes), and omitting the lower component 寸 (3 strokes). |
| + | Note: The simple form 专 reduces the component 叀 to two of its horizontal strokes (二), with a single stroke (/𠃑) for the middle, and a dot (丶) for the last stroke (of both 叀 and 寸). | ||
| + | The full-form character 專 uses a slightly different form of the old upper component 叀 (8 strokes), not with 厶 (2 strokes) at the bottom, but with a shape like the last 3 strokes of 虫 (s,t,d). | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 专/專() zhuān ‘ceramic spindle; plumb bob’ (纺锤; 铅锤) combines 寸() cùn ‘measure’ (wrist/twist), and 叀() zhuān (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 叀. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 专/專() zhuān ‘ceramic spindle; plumb bob’ (纺锤; 铅锤) combines 寸() cùn ‘measure’ (wrist/twist), and 叀() zhuān (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 叀. | ||
| − | Note: The component 叀 seems to be an old | + | Compare: 转/轉() zhuàn ‘rotate/spin’; 砖/磚 zhuān ‘fired mud/clay brick’ (𤮍/甎); 䏝/膞() zhuǎn ‘meat chunks’. |
| + | Note: The component 叀 seems to be an old pictograph depicting a ‘ceramic spindle’ (as used in spinning thread, for weaving), also used as ‘plumb bob’ (carpenter's pendulum); in 疐 it is said to mean ‘pull’ (as thread, from a spindle), cf. 疐. | ||
Compare: 䍎() cùn ‘spindle’. | Compare: 䍎() cùn ‘spindle’. | ||
| − | + | Compare: 惠(𢥁) huì ‘benevolence/compassion’, in which 芔 huì (phonetic), and 叀() zhuān ‘focused/specialized/careful’. | |
| − | + | Compare: 疐(𤴡) zhì ‘hindered/dilemma’; 牽() qiān ‘pull/lead’ (an ox). | |
| − | Compare: | ||
#rW.91f K.AD1260 D.1.10.5 B.005.1.04 WHY...91 E.0 | #rW.91f K.AD1260 D.1.10.5 B.005.1.04 WHY...91 E.0 | ||
| − | # | + | #c二丶 |
#y jyun\ | #y jyun\ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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