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Note: In the modern full form 爾, the top horizontal line 一 (1 stroke) replaces 入 (2 strokes) of the old top part 𡭗 of the old form 𤕨(). | Note: In the modern full form 爾, the top horizontal line 一 (1 stroke) replaces 入 (2 strokes) of the old top part 𡭗 of the old form 𤕨(). | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 尔(𡭗尒尓) ěr ‘thus’ (必然, 如此) is said to combine a vertical line 丨() gǔn ‘rod’, with 八() ‘divided’ (as in 分 fēn ‘divide/distinguish’, a 小 ‘small/fine’ difference), and 入() rù ‘enter’ (phonosemantic): to enter thus into (distinguishing) such fine details. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 尔(𡭗尒尓) ěr ‘thus’ (必然, 如此) is said to combine a vertical line 丨() gǔn ‘rod’, with 八() ‘divided’ (as in 分 fēn ‘divide/distinguish’, a 小 ‘small/fine’ difference), and 入() rù ‘enter’ (phonosemantic): to enter thus into (distinguishing) such fine details. | ||
| − | Note: The old meaning 尔(𡭗尒尓) ěr ‘thus/like’, is later wr. 如 (如此), and also 爾; these forms were also used to wr. the 2nd pers. pron. ‘you’. | + | Note: The old meaning 尔(𡭗尒尓) ěr ‘thus/like’, is later wr. 如 (如此), and also 爾; these forms were also used to wr. the 2nd pers. pron. 你/您 ‘you’. |
Compare: 你 nǐ, 您 nín ‘you’ (augmented/modern forms of old 尔/爾, formerly wr. 女/汝 rǔ ‘you’). | Compare: 你 nǐ, 您 nín ‘you’ (augmented/modern forms of old 尔/爾, formerly wr. 女/汝 rǔ ‘you’). | ||
“[尔] 从入丨八, 会意。八者气之分也。” —Wieger [a variation on the SW gloss] | “[尔] 从入丨八, 会意。八者气之分也。” —Wieger [a variation on the SW gloss] | ||
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