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The Shuōwén Seal form of 射() shè ‘shoot’ combines 身() shēn ‘body’ (of the archer), and 寸() cùn ‘pulse-point; measure/rule’ (as in 守, 封, 忖; hand of the archer); remain vigilant, calm/still the heart/pulse, draw the string/arrow with steady hand toward the body, take careful aim, and take your best shot; formerly wr. 䠶(), with 矢() shǐ ‘arrow’ instead of 寸: shooting with bow/crossbow, the arrow proceeds from near the body of the archer, to strike the distant target. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 射() shè ‘shoot’ combines 身() shēn ‘body’ (of the archer), and 寸() cùn ‘pulse-point; measure/rule’ (as in 守, 封, 忖; hand of the archer); remain vigilant, calm/still the heart/pulse, draw the string/arrow with steady hand toward the body, take careful aim, and take your best shot; formerly wr. 䠶(), with 矢() shǐ ‘arrow’ instead of 寸: shooting with bow/crossbow, the arrow proceeds from near the body of the archer, to strike the distant target. | ||
Note: The component 身() shēn ‘body’ cannot have been a close phonetic (though the OC initials were similar), but might have been short for 躬(躳) gōng ‘body’, anc. homophone of 弓() gōng ‘archer's bow’; the form 矤() was early assoc. with 矧 shěn ‘moreover’, in which 引() yǐn ‘draw/pull (the bowstring)’; the old component 矢() shǐ ‘arrow’ is not a better phonetic than 身 (though the OC initials were also similar); the component 寸() cùn ‘pulse-point; measure/rule (take time/care)’ is as in 守() ‘guard/watch’, 封() ‘territorial boundary; fief’, 刌() cǔn ‘sever; guess’ (忖); cf. 𪿎, perhaps a more full form depicting an archer shooting. | Note: The component 身() shēn ‘body’ cannot have been a close phonetic (though the OC initials were similar), but might have been short for 躬(躳) gōng ‘body’, anc. homophone of 弓() gōng ‘archer's bow’; the form 矤() was early assoc. with 矧 shěn ‘moreover’, in which 引() yǐn ‘draw/pull (the bowstring)’; the old component 矢() shǐ ‘arrow’ is not a better phonetic than 身 (though the OC initials were also similar); the component 寸() cùn ‘pulse-point; measure/rule (take time/care)’ is as in 守() ‘guard/watch’, 封() ‘territorial boundary; fief’, 刌() cǔn ‘sever; guess’ (忖); cf. 𪿎, perhaps a more full form depicting an archer shooting. | ||
Note: Formerly wr. 𨉛 (showing evidence of old 躳), 𨈡, 𢎤, and importantly also 𡬤, in which 申(), i.e. 伸 ‘stretch/draw’ (phonosemantic), cf. 身, 坤. | Note: Formerly wr. 𨉛 (showing evidence of old 躳/躬), 𨈡, 𢎤, and importantly also 𡬤, in which 申(), i.e. 伸() ‘stretch/draw’ (phonosemantic), cf. 身, 坤. | ||
Compare: 射() shè ← MC /dʑjas/dʑiak/; 身() shēn ← MC /ɕien/; 申(), 伸() shēn ← MC /ɕien/ (SBGY). | |||
Older graphs associated with 射 depict a strung bow and loaded arrow (弓箭), sometimes a hand drawing/shooting the bow/arrow. | Older graphs associated with 射 depict a strung bow and loaded arrow (弓箭), sometimes a hand drawing/shooting the bow/arrow. | ||
Compare: 韘(弽㢵) shè ‘thumb ring (archery)’; 舍/捨 shè ‘put down/aside, emit’. | Compare: 韘(弽㢵) shè ‘thumb ring (archery)’; 舍/捨 shè ‘put down/aside, emit’. | ||
“[射] At the standardization of characters in the third century B.C., the bow was unfortunately exchanged for the character for BODY, which in its oldest form bears some similarity to BOW” —Lindqvist. | |||
Compare: 谢/謝(𧬄) xiè ‘thank’ (谢谢! ‘thank you!’); 麝 shè ‘musk deer’. | Compare: 谢/謝(𧬄) xiè ‘thank’ (谢谢! ‘thank you!’); 麝 shè ‘musk deer’. | ||
Compare: 谢/謝(𧬄) xiè ‘ask for leave (resign) from one's official position/post’; 射(𣀇/斁) yì ‘be fed up with, tired of’ (HDZ). | |||
HDZ: 射 : shè : 开弓放箭; (周礼) 射礼; (古) (六艺) 六艺之一, 有关弓箭制作规范和使用技能的训练; 放箭的人; (简称) 射宫 (习射与试士之所); 矢; 追求, 追逐; 赌赛, 一种争输赢的手段; 猜度; 投合; 中伤 (影射); (古) (刑名) (用箭穿耳; 磔 (zhé!zhè): 分裂肢体); 照射; 陈述; 𬬺牙, 圭璋上锐出的部分; 榭 (xiè); 謝 (xiè); 麝; (姓) • yè : (古官名) 僕射 • yì : 𣀇/斁: 厭 (猒斁, 讨厌) | HDZ: 射 : shè : 开弓放箭; (周礼) 射礼; (古) (六艺) 六艺之一, 有关弓箭制作规范和使用技能的训练; 放箭的人; (简称) 射宫 (习射与试士之所); 矢; 追求, 追逐; 赌赛, 一种争输赢的手段; 猜度; 投合; 中伤 (影射); (古) (刑名) (用箭穿耳; 磔 (zhé!zhè): 分裂肢体); 照射; 陈述; 𬬺牙, 圭璋上锐出的部分; 榭 (xiè); 謝 (xiè); 麝; (姓) • yè : (古官名) 僕射 • yì : 𣀇/斁: 厭 (猒斁, 讨厌) | ||
#rG.422.56,423.19,517.25,519.54 K.AD865,GSR807a D.1.506.10 L.81 M.5703 KX..294.13 B.160.1.07 WHY...153 E.1 | #rG.422.56,423.19,517.25,519.54 K.AD865,GSR807a D.1.506.10 L.81 M.5703 KX..294.13 B.160.1.07 WHY...153 E.1 | ||
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