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| − | <WL>甲 [jiǎ] (古) acorn (皁 zào); helmet; armor; 龟甲 tortoiseshell (甲骨文); 甲虫 beetle; 指甲 fingernail; (天干) 1st Heavenly Stem; 甲子 Sexagenary Cycle | + | <WL>甲 [jiǎ] (古) acorn (皁 zào); helmet; armor; 龟甲 tortoiseshell (甲骨文); 甲虫 beetle; 指甲 fingernail; (天干) 1st Heavenly Stem; 甲子 Sexagenary Cycle@@; (HDZ:) … |
The Shuōwén Seal form of 甲(𠇚) jiǎ ‘sprouting seed/acorn’ (天干) is said to depict a tree seed (acorn, oak nut; as seen in profile) sprouting up in the first lunar month, putting down a 丅() root as at the bottom of 本(), and carrying up with it the 冖(𠘨宀) leathery shell (acorn cap, scaled cupule, with sharp stem/tip above) as it emerges from the soil; and by extension ‘shell; skull (髑髅)’. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 甲(𠇚) jiǎ ‘sprouting seed/acorn’ (天干) is said to depict a tree seed (acorn, oak nut; as seen in profile) sprouting up in the first lunar month, putting down a 丅() root as at the bottom of 本(), and carrying up with it the 冖(𠘨宀) leathery shell (acorn cap, scaled cupule, with sharp stem/tip above) as it emerges from the soil; and by extension ‘shell; skull (髑髅)’. | ||
Note: 甲 jiǎ ‘sprouting seed/acorn’ is the 1st of the 10 天干 Heavenly Stems (and with the 12 地支) among the oldest Chinese written signs; cf. 天干地支. | Note: 甲 jiǎ ‘sprouting seed/acorn’ is the 1st of the 10 天干 Heavenly Stems (and with the 12 地支) among the oldest Chinese written signs; cf. 天干地支. | ||
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Old graphs (甲金) associated with 甲 look like 十 or 田 (OBI); old 甲 graphs are also assoc. with a 鉀 jiǎ ‘helmet’ sitting upon the 丁/顶 top of the head (HDZ). | Old graphs (甲金) associated with 甲 look like 十 or 田 (OBI); old 甲 graphs are also assoc. with a 鉀 jiǎ ‘helmet’ sitting upon the 丁/顶 top of the head (HDZ). | ||
Compare: 鉀 jiǎ ‘armor/helmet’, 鉀 gé ‘metal arrowhead’; 戎(𢦦) róng ‘weapons/arms’. | Compare: 鉀 jiǎ ‘armor/helmet’, 鉀 gé ‘metal arrowhead’; 戎(𢦦) róng ‘weapons/arms’. | ||
| + | Compare: 闸/閘() yā ‘(on.) opening/closing double doors’ (creaking on the hinge pivot). | ||
“[甲] Protecting cover of a seed or bud; scale, armor, cuirass; finger-nails; the 1st of the decimal cycle of time-reckoning characters; (hence:) first; division” —Karlgren(AD). | “[甲] Protecting cover of a seed or bud; scale, armor, cuirass; finger-nails; the 1st of the decimal cycle of time-reckoning characters; (hence:) first; division” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
Compare: 午() wǔ ‘conflict/contradict’ (7th of the 12 地支), similar in shape to 甲(𠇚) in Seal, but with 入() above, and 十() below. | Compare: 午() wǔ ‘conflict/contradict’ (7th of the 12 地支), similar in shape to 甲(𠇚) in Seal, but with 入() above, and 十() below. | ||
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