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| − | <WL>每 [měi] every/each; 每天 | + | <WL>每 [měi] every/each; 每天 every day; 每每 often@@; (HDZ:) 草盛的样子; …; (姓) [mèi] 每/昧, (HDC:) 每每=昧昧 |
#i3 | #i3 | ||
| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 每( | + | The character 每 (7 strokes) is an abbrev. of old forms such as 𡴋 (8 strokes), replacing the old upper component 屮 (3 strokes; half of 艸 cǎo ‘grass/herb’) with 𠂉 (2 strokes; 每字头). |
| − | + | Note: This change in the top part 𠂉/屮 of 每 (隶书) is said to indicate the change in usage, from old concrete 𡴋 měi ‘flourishing plants’ to more abstract 每 měi ‘every/each’. | |
| − | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 每(𡴋𡴕) měi ‘(many) flourishing plants’ (many/often/every/each) combines 屮() chè ‘grass/sprout’ (coming forth), and 母() mǔ ‘mother’ (phonosemantic); to enter into the world, each and every living thing must emerge from its fertile/flourishing mother; the component 屮() here is as in 出(岀) ‘go out, emerge’. | |
| − | + | Compare: 繁(䋣) fán ‘numerous’; 敏() mǐn ‘quick/fast’ (easy childbirth). | |
| − | Compare: 梅(楳) méi ‘plum/prune’; 莓(苺) méi ‘strawberry’ (草莓); 海() hǎi | + | Compare: 毓(育) yù ‘nurture/foster’, in which 每, with 母() mǔ ‘mother’ (cf. 后); 拇() mǔ ‘thumb’ (shepherdess of the fingers). |
| + | Compare: 梅(楳) méi ‘plum/prune’; 莓(苺) méi ‘strawberry’ (草莓); 海() hǎi ‘sea/ocean’ (mother of lakes/rivers). | ||
Compare: 某(槑) mǒu ‘certain/some’ (formerly 楳/梅 méi ‘plum/prune’). | Compare: 某(槑) mǒu ‘certain/some’ (formerly 楳/梅 méi ‘plum/prune’). | ||
| − | HDZ: 每 : měi : 草盛的样子; 逐个, 各个; (副词) (每一次; 经常); ( | + | Note: The usage 每 měi ‘each’ seems to be an old contraction (of 某一, cf. 某, 橆). |
| + | “[每] Already from the earliest times applied to a homophonous abstract word: each, every; constantly” —Karlgren (AD). | ||
| + | HDZ: 每 : měi : 草盛的样子; 逐个, 各个, 全体中的任何一个或一组 (每时每刻); (副词) (每一次; 经常); (连词) 虽然; (宋元) (口语) (們; 么 (me); (助词)); 無 (wú); 謀 (móu): 谋求, 贪求; (姓) | ||
#rG.272.32,387.51 W.67p H.206 K.AD607,GSR947i D.4.2381.2 M.4401 KX..589.02 B.052.0.03 WHY...180 E.1 | #rG.272.32,387.51 W.67p H.206 K.AD607,GSR947i D.4.2381.2 M.4401 KX..589.02 B.052.0.03 WHY...180 E.1 | ||
#c𠂉母 | #c𠂉母 | ||
#y muih/ | #y muih/ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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