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| − | <WL>谍(F諜) [dié] 间谍 | + | <WL>谍(F諜) [dié] 间谍 spy/agent, covert/secret operative/informant; (engage in) espionage/intelligence/sabotage; saboteur/provocateur |
| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 谍/諜() dié ‘(covert) spy’ combines 讠/言 (yán) ‘direct speech’ (as in 讧, 内讧), and 枼() yè (phonosemantic). | |
| + | Compare: 堞(𡑢) dié ‘crenels/carnels/embrasures (in a city wall)’ (from which one may spy out). | ||
| + | Note: Formerly also 谍/諜 dié ‘transmit intelligence; letter/correspondence (简札)’; 牒() dié ‘bamboo strip’. | ||
| + | Compare: 䈎() yè ‘page/leaf (of a text/book)’, later wr. 叶/葉, 页/頁. | ||
#rD.6.3995.1 B.210.0.01 | #rD.6.3995.1 B.210.0.01 | ||
| − | # | + | #c讠枼世木 |
| − | #y dihp-</WL> | + | #y dihp- |
| + | </WL> | ||
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