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Note: For the ‘exceed/increase’ meaning of the top component 八 in 曾, cf. 益(), 兑/兌(), 酋(), 兮(). | Note: For the ‘exceed/increase’ meaning of the top component 八 in 曾, cf. 益(), 兑/兌(), 酋(), 兮(). | ||
Older graphs associated with 曾() suggest a 橧/增 zēng ‘twig nest’, a bird's nest with egg, formerly also wr. 曾 (cf. 橧/增). | Older graphs associated with 曾() suggest a 橧/增 zēng ‘twig nest’, a bird's nest with egg, formerly also wr. 曾 (cf. 橧/增). | ||
| + | Compare: 囱/囪(𡆧) cōng ‘vent/chimney’; 西(㢴𧟢) qī/xī ‘nest/west’ (栖). | ||
Compare: 甑() zèng ‘pot/steamer’ (曾 is said to depict this pot); 熷(𤎯𤎰) zēng ‘dry-roast fish in a bamboo tube’; 会/會() huì ‘meet’ (steamer with 亼 ‘lid’); cf. 者/煮 (王宏源). | Compare: 甑() zèng ‘pot/steamer’ (曾 is said to depict this pot); 熷(𤎯𤎰) zēng ‘dry-roast fish in a bamboo tube’; 会/會() huì ‘meet’ (steamer with 亼 ‘lid’); cf. 者/煮 (王宏源). | ||
| − | The | + | Note: The primary old usage of 曾 is said to have been that of 朁 ‘unexpectedly’, blending into usages related to 乃; modern usage is as in 曾经 ‘once/ever’ (不曾=未嘗 ‘never’; cf. DYC). |
Note: The reading is 曾 zēng only for the surname, and as a prefix ‘great-’ (as in 曾祖, 曾孙), and as a component in certain compounds. | Note: The reading is 曾 zēng only for the surname, and as a prefix ‘great-’ (as in 曾祖, 曾孙), and as a component in certain compounds. | ||
Compare: 增() zēng ‘increase’, 層() céng ‘layer’, 罾(𦌝) zēng ‘fishnet’, 憎() zēng ‘hate/detest’, 譄() zēng ‘exaggerate’. | Compare: 增() zēng ‘increase’, 層() céng ‘layer’, 罾(𦌝) zēng ‘fishnet’, 憎() zēng ‘hate/detest’, 譄() zēng ‘exaggerate’. | ||
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