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The Shuōwén Seal form of 至(𦤴𡉸𡉰) zhì ‘attain/arrive’ (到) is said to depict a ‘bird swooping down onto the ground’ (perhaps a raptor/hawk, swooping down and seizing its prey): the top part represents the wings and tail feathers of the bird (with head/talons down), and the bottom horizontal line (一) represents the ‘earth/ground’ (and prey); formerly wr. 𦤳(𡊏), with 土 ‘earth/ground’ below (instead of 一). | The Shuōwén Seal form of 至(𦤴𡉸𡉰) zhì ‘attain/arrive’ (到) is said to depict a ‘bird swooping down onto the ground’ (perhaps a raptor/hawk, swooping down and seizing its prey): the top part represents the wings and tail feathers of the bird (with head/talons down), and the bottom horizontal line (一) represents the ‘earth/ground’ (and prey); formerly wr. 𦤳(𡊏), with 土 ‘earth/ground’ below (instead of 一). | ||
Note: SW glosses 到() dào ‘arrive at, up to, until’ with 至 (到 is syn. with 至 its semantic determiner), cf. 到. | Note: SW glosses 到() dào ‘arrive at, up to, until’ with 至 (到 is syn. with 至 its semantic determiner), cf. 到. | ||
Compare: 𬸈/鵄, 鸱/鴟() chī ‘sparrow hawk’ (raptor); 室() shì ‘(inner) room’, 垤() dié ‘anthill/nest’ (cf. 垤). | |||
Compare: 鸟/鳥() niǎo ‘(long-tailed) bird’; 隹() zhuī ‘short-tailed bird’. | |||
Compare: 臸() zhī ‘arrive’; 晋/晉(𣋤) jìn ‘promote/raise/rise’ (䷢). | Compare: 臸() zhī ‘arrive’; 晋/晉(𣋤) jìn ‘promote/raise/rise’ (䷢). | ||
Note: In the modern form 至 (6 strokes), as in the old form 𦤳 (7 strokes), the lower component is 土 ‘earth/ground’, but in the modern form 至 the upper horizontal line of 土 corresponds to the long curved ‘wings’ line of the Seal, and the upper part 𠫔 (3 strokes) corresponds to the body and tail of the bird alighting. | Note: In the modern form 至 (6 strokes), as in the old form 𦤳 (7 strokes), the lower component is 土 ‘earth/ground’, but in the modern form 至 the upper horizontal line of 土 corresponds to the long curved ‘wings’ line of the Seal, and the upper part 𠫔 (3 strokes) corresponds to the body and tail of the bird alighting. | ||
Older graphs associated with 至 are said to depict an arrow stuck in the ground: after having been shot up into the air (perhaps at a bird), it came back down again (perhaps with a bird). | Older graphs associated with 至 are said to depict an arrow stuck in the ground: after having been shot up into the air (perhaps at a bird), it came back down again (perhaps with a bird). | ||
“[至] Picture of an arrow that has reached its target.” —Lindqvist. [ cf. HDZ ] | “[至] Picture of an arrow that has reached its target.” —Lindqvist. [ cf. HDZ ] | ||
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