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<WL>韩(F韓) [hán] (古) well sweep/pole (桔槔); well fence (cf. 韓/榦); (国名) 韩国 Korea, 北韩 North Korea; (姓) | <WL>韩(F韓) [hán] (古) well sweep/pole (桔槔); well fence (cf. 韓/榦); (国名) 韩国 Korea, 北韩 North Korea; (姓) | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 韩/韓(𩏑) hán ‘well sweep/pole’ combines 倝() gàn/qián ‘dry/draw up’ (phonosemantic) | + | The simple-form character 韩 (12 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 韓 (17 strokes), replacing the full-form component 韋 (9 strokes) with its simple form 韦 (4 strokes). |
| + | The full-form character 韓 (17 strokes) is itself an abbrev. of the old form 𩏑 (19 strokes), replacing the old component 倝 (10 strokes) with its left part 𠦝 (8 strokes). | ||
| + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 韩/韓(𩏑) hán ‘well sweep/pole’ combines 韦/韋() wéi ‘turn round; surround’, and 倝() gàn/qián ‘dry/draw up’ (phonosemantic): the well sweep/pole pivots/turns (囗 wéi ‘encircle’ is at the center of 韋), in order to 汲 draw water up from the well; later, 韓 was associated with the well fence (囗/围 wéi ‘surround’), later wr. 榦/幹 ‘well fence’. | ||
Note: The component 韋() seems to represent the well sweep/pole bucket and counterweight system (cf. 韩); the component 倝() may have arisen in conjunction with 韓(𩏑). | Note: The component 韋() seems to represent the well sweep/pole bucket and counterweight system (cf. 韩); the component 倝() may have arisen in conjunction with 韓(𩏑). | ||
| − | + | Note: Formerly 韩/韓 ‘well sweep’ (桔槔), a pivoting counterweighted pole/bucket device for drawing water from a well (DYC); this kind of device combines a fixed post/fulcrum (桔) planted some distance away from the mouth of the well, and a swinging sweep/pole (槔) attached to the fulcrum, with a weight attached to counterbalance the bucket/water; a well sweep is a simple precursor to, and sometimes a component of a 辘轳 well-pulley/winch system, connected to the general well-fence structure surrounding the well (to prevent people/animals from falling into the well). | |
| − | + | “[韓] A fence; N. pr of place and family name — the phonetic is slightly abbreviated” —Karlgren(AD). | |
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Compare: 榦(𣘒) gàn ‘post/pillar’ (幹); 干(), 竿(), 杆/桿 gān ‘pole’; 扞(), 捍, 擀. | Compare: 榦(𣘒) gàn ‘post/pillar’ (幹); 干(), 竿(), 杆/桿 gān ‘pole’; 扞(), 捍, 擀. | ||
#rK.AD299 D.7.4507.1 B.220.1.06 | #rK.AD299 D.7.4507.1 B.220.1.06 | ||
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