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 <WL>表 [biǎo] 表示 show; 表演 perform/act; 图表 table/chart; list; gauge/meter (F錶) 手表 wristwatch; 鐘錶 timepiece@@; 圭表 sundial; (HDZ:) 外衣; 外, 外面 (ant. 里); …
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-The Shuōwén Seal form of 表(􁚊𧘝) biǎo ‘outer (fur) garment’ combines from 衣 (yī) ‘clothing’ and 毛 (máo) ‘hair/fur’; an old variant 𧞧(􁚋) has 麃(􁪶) páo ‘deer’ (phonetic).
+The character 表 (8 strokes) is an abbrev. of old forms such as 𧘝 (10 strokes), replacing the old upper parts (亠毛) with a shape 龶 (4 strokes), and keeping 𧘇 (lower part of 衣).
-	In the modern form 表, the old upper parts (亠毛) are abbrev. to 龶 (4 strokes), not 主 (5 strokes).
+	Note: In the modern form 表, the upper part is 龶 (4 strokes), not 主 (5 strokes).
-	“The outside of a garment, outside, external; (outsiders:) relatives of a different family name; (the side that is seen:) conspicuous, to manifest; a signal; a watch, thermometer etc.; schedule — the 毛 hairy side of 衣 the (fur) garment” —Karlgren(AD).
+	The Shuōwén Seal form of 表(􁚊𧘝) biǎo ‘outer (fur) garment’ combines from 衣 (yī) ‘clothing’, and 毛 (máo) ‘hair/fur’; formerly wr. 𧞧(􁚋), with 麃(􁪶) páo ‘deer (hide)’ (phonosemantic).
 	Compare: 裘(􁜂𧚍) qiú ‘fur/leather clothing/coat’ (皮衣); 衰(􁛶𧜸) suō ‘rainwear’.
+	“[表] The outside of a garment, outside, external; (outsiders:) relatives of a different family name; (the side that is seen:) conspicuous, to manifest; a signal; a watch, thermometer etc.; schedule — the 毛 hairy side of 衣 the (fur) garment” —Karlgren(AD).
 	Note: For 表 biǎo ‘watch’ (as in ‘wristwatch’), the variant form 錶 (with 金 jīn ‘metal’ added) is used among full-form characters.
 	Compare: 圭表 guībiǎo ‘sundial’ (in which 表 ‘gnomon/pointer’); 标/標(􀾗𣠙) biāo ‘treetop; handle of the Big Dipper’.