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The character 豊(𧯽) lǐ ‘ritual/sacrificial vessel’ is said to combine 豆() dòu ‘covered ritual/food vessel’, with a shape above combining 凵(𠙴𥬔) qū ‘bamboo basket (for rice)’ and a component like 甡(𡴀丰) fēng ‘abundant/lush plant/grain growth’, which in old graphs looks much like the top of 丰/豐(𣍈) fēng ‘abundance’. | The character 豊(𧯽) lǐ ‘ritual/sacrificial vessel’ is said to combine 豆() dòu ‘covered ritual/food vessel’, with a shape above combining 凵(𠙴𥬔) qū ‘bamboo basket (for rice)’ and a component like 甡(𡴀丰) fēng ‘abundant/lush plant/grain growth’, which in old graphs looks much like the top of 丰/豐(𣍈) fēng ‘abundance’. | ||
Compare: 醴() lǐ ‘sweet liquor/wine’; 醴 ‘sweet/fresh springwater’, formerly also wr. 澧; 礼/禮(𥜨) lǐ ‘rite/ceremony/offering/gift’. | Compare: 醴() lǐ ‘sweet liquor/wine’; 醴 ‘sweet/fresh springwater’, formerly also wr. 澧; 礼/禮(𥜨) lǐ ‘rite/ceremony/offering/gift’. | ||
| − | Note: The difference between 豐() fēng ‘abundance’, and 豊() lǐ | + | Note: The difference between 豐() fēng ‘abundance’, and 豊() lǐ ‘ritual’ in the Seal forms is that 豐() fēng has 山() shān ‘mountain’, where 豊() lǐ has 凵(𠙴𥬔) qū ‘bamboo basket for washing rice’; both forms include a shape like 甡(𡴀丰) fēng ‘abundant/lush plant/grain growth’; in 豐 fēng the grain is growing in the fertile mountain valleys, and in 豊 lǐ ‘ritual’ the grain is heaped in a basket/vessel (harvested, ready to make ritual/sacrificial offering); the characters 𧯽 and 豐 are difficult to distinguish in old texts, since they differ only in the vertical stroke in the middle of 豐. |
“[豊] Sacrificial vessel — picture of a vase with flowers” —Karlgren. | “[豊] Sacrificial vessel — picture of a vase with flowers” —Karlgren. | ||
Note: As a component in 礼/禮(𥜨) lǐ ‘ceremony’, the simple form 礼(𠃞) replaces the full-form component 豊 with a single stroke 乚; cf. 礼. | Note: As a component in 礼/禮(𥜨) lǐ ‘ceremony’, the simple form 礼(𠃞) replaces the full-form component 豊 with a single stroke 乚; cf. 礼. | ||
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