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<WL>铜(F銅) [tóng] copper (Cu); copper alloy, 青铜 bronze (copper & tin), 黄铜 brass (copper & zinc) | <WL>铜(F銅) [tóng] copper (Cu); copper alloy, 青铜 bronze (copper & tin), 黄铜 brass (copper & zinc) | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 铜/銅() tóng ‘copper’ (orange/red metal) combines 钅( | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 铜/銅() tóng ‘copper’ (orange/red metal) combines 钅/金 (jīn) ‘metal/gold’, and 同() tóng ‘together’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 同. |
Compare: 同() tóng ‘together’, which formerly wr. 铜/銅()tóng ‘copper’ (HDZ). | Compare: 同() tóng ‘together’, which formerly wr. 铜/銅()tóng ‘copper’ (HDZ). | ||
| − | Older graphs associated with 同/銅 | + | Older graphs associated with 同/銅 are sometimes said to depict a lidded copper/brass/bronze vessel (vessel together with 𠔼 cover/lid), of smelted/alloyed copper/tin/zinc/etc.; cf. 同. |
| + | Compare: 豆() dòu ‘covered ritual/food vessel’; 畐(畗) fú ‘full/blessed’ (amphora); 鬲() lì ‘(anc.) cooking vessel’. | ||
“同 and 銅 are etymologically the same word (not considering the script): tóng ‘put together’, and the special kind of ‘putting together’ in an alloyage is marked by an additional specifying signific 金: 銅” —Karlgren(AD). | “同 and 銅 are etymologically the same word (not considering the script): tóng ‘put together’, and the special kind of ‘putting together’ in an alloyage is marked by an additional specifying signific 金: 銅” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
#rK.AD1150 D.6.4196.8 B.194.1.06 E.0 | #rK.AD1150 D.6.4196.8 B.194.1.06 E.0 | ||
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