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The Shuōwén Seal form of 臣() chén ‘bowing slave/servant’ is said to depict a person prostrate on the ground, kneeling/bowing with arms extended. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 臣() chén ‘bowing slave/servant’ is said to depict a person prostrate on the ground, kneeling/bowing with arms extended. | ||
| − | Compare: 拜(𢫶𣬓𢷎) bài ‘honor/worship’; 𢪒(𠬞廾) gǒng ‘upraised/respectful hands’. | + | Note: 臣 (chén) is homophonous with 辰 (chén) in MSC as in MC (but OC reconstructions differ), and 辰 itself is associated with 震() ☳ the fallen man (cf. 𠤎/化). |
| + | Compare: 子(𠯃) zǐ ‘child’ (legless/helpless child/son with up-raised arms); 亨/𠅠(亯). | ||
| + | Compare: 拜(𢫶𣬓𢷎) bài ‘honor/worship’; 𢪒(𠬞廾) gǒng ‘upraised/respectful/busy hands’. | ||
Older graphs associated with 臣 are thought to depict an eye/head turned sideways (rotated 90 degrees); Karlgren (GSR:241,377) compares 臣 with old forms of 見 jiàn ‘see’ in which 目 ‘eye’ (or 首 ‘hairy head with eye’) is 罒 horizontal; old forms of 見() have the horizontal eye-slit, but the arms and legs of the human body are seen in profile: bending the body at the waist turns that eye vertically (and the body is not drawn). | Older graphs associated with 臣 are thought to depict an eye/head turned sideways (rotated 90 degrees); Karlgren (GSR:241,377) compares 臣 with old forms of 見 jiàn ‘see’ in which 目 ‘eye’ (or 首 ‘hairy head with eye’) is 罒 horizontal; old forms of 見() have the horizontal eye-slit, but the arms and legs of the human body are seen in profile: bending the body at the waist turns that eye vertically (and the body is not drawn). | ||
| − | Compare: 艮(𥃩) gèn ‘look back’ (☶), which is historically similar to 見() jiàn ‘see’ in several respects | + | Compare: 艮(𥃩) gèn ‘look back’ (☶), which is historically similar to 见/見() jiàn ‘see’ in several respects. |
| − | + | Compare: 臣() chén ‘servant’; 𦣞() yí ‘chin’ (䷚); 巨(𢀓) jù ‘geometry/carpentry square/rule’. | |
| − | Compare: 臣() chén ‘servant’ | + | Note: As a component in simple-form characters, 臣 is simplified to (2 strokes) on the left side of 臤⿰又 jiān (臤), and 臥⿰亇(监/監) jiān. |
| − | + | Compare: 臤/臤, 坚/堅, 贤/賢, 竖/豎, 肾/腎, 紧/緊; 监/監, 鉴/鑒, 蓝/藍, 篮/籃, 览/覽. | |
| − | As a component in simple-form characters, 臣 is simplified to | ||
Compare: 刂(刀 dāo) ‘knife’ (which always occurs on the RIGHT side). | Compare: 刂(刀 dāo) ‘knife’ (which always occurs on the RIGHT side). | ||
HDZ: 臣 : chén : 战俘; 奴仆; 国君所统属的众民; 君主制时的官吏; (古) ((自称) 对君; 对父; 自谦); 配属; 尽臣的本分; 役使, 统属; 认罪; (姓) | HDZ: 臣 : chén : 战俘; 奴仆; 国君所统属的众民; 君主制时的官吏; (古) ((自称) 对君; 对父; 自谦); 配属; 尽臣的本分; 役使, 统属; 认罪; (姓) | ||
#rG.102.18 W.82e K.AD1196,GSR377a D.4.2801.1 L.181 M.327 KX..999.13 B.024.1.06 WHY...159 E.1 | #rG.102.18 W.82e K.AD1196,GSR377a D.4.2801.1 L.181 M.327 KX..999.13 B.024.1.06 WHY...159 E.1 | ||
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#y sahn\ | #y sahn\ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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