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| − | <WL>陈(F陳) [chén] display/exhibit (陈列); state/explain (陈明); 陈旧 old/stale; 陈代 557-589@@ [zhèn] [chéng] cf. 陳 | + | <WL>陈(F陳) [chén] display/exhibit/arrange (陈列); state/explain (陈明); 陈旧 old/stale; 陈代 557-589@@ [zhèn] [chéng] cf. 陳 |
The simple-form character 陈 (7 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 陳 (10 strokes), replacing the full-form component 東 (8 strokes) with its simple form 东 (5 strokes). | The simple-form character 陈 (7 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 陳 (10 strokes), replacing the full-form component 東 (8 strokes) with its simple form 东 (5 strokes). | ||
The full-form character 陳 was formerly wr. 𨻰 (13 strokes), the right-side of which is not 東, but has 𦥑 in the center instead of 日 (see below). | The full-form character 陳 was formerly wr. 𨻰 (13 strokes), the right-side of which is not 東, but has 𦥑 in the center instead of 日 (see below). | ||
Note: The modern forms 陈/陳 seem to have 东/東 dōng ‘east’, but the old forms have a different structure, with a component like 巢() abbrev. | Note: The modern forms 陈/陳 seem to have 东/東 dōng ‘east’, but the old forms have a different structure, with a component like 巢() abbrev. | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 陈/陳(𨻰) chén ‘anc. city/ruins of Fúxī; display/exhibit’ combines 阝(阜 fù) ‘mound/hill’, and 木() ‘tree’ superimposed on 申(𦥔) shēn ‘spread out’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 𨸬(), with 𦦀(𢑚), which is an old wr. of 申/伸() shēn ‘spread out’. | The Shuōwén Seal form of 陈/陳(𨻰) chén ‘anc. city/ruins of Fúxī; display/exhibit’ combines 阝(阜 fù) ‘mound/hill’, and 木() ‘tree’ superimposed on 申(𦥔) shēn ‘spread out’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 𨸬(), with 𦦀(𢑚), which is an old wr. of 申/伸() shēn ‘spread out’. | ||
| − | Note: 陈/陳(𨻰) wrote the name of the anc. city/ruins of legendary 伏羲 Fúxī, a.k.a. 大皞/皥 (between E. Henan and N. Anhui); the usage 陈/陳 ‘display/exhibit’ was distinguished as 敶() by adding 攴 on the right, but 敶 fell out of use; another old usage 陈/陳 zhèn ‘military/battle ranks/formation’ was distinguished later as 阵/陣. | + | Note: 陈/陳(𨻰) wrote the name of the anc. city/ruins of legendary 伏羲 Fúxī, a.k.a. 大皞/皥 (between E. Henan and N. Anhui); the usage 陈/陳 ‘display/exhibit’ was distinguished as 敶() by adding 攴 on the right, but 敶 fell out of use (cf. 田); another old usage 陈/陳 zhèn ‘military/battle ranks/formation’ was distinguished later as 阵/陣. |
| + | Compare: 敶() chén ‘arrange/order’, also/later wr. 陈/陳(𨻰), cf. 田 (SW). | ||
“[陳] The seal shows that this has nothing to do with 東. It is 申 shēn as phonetic and 阜 and 木 as significs: a 阜 (wall:) palisade to 木 tree stems” —Karlgren(AD). | “[陳] The seal shows that this has nothing to do with 東. It is 申 shēn as phonetic and 阜 and 木 as significs: a 阜 (wall:) palisade to 木 tree stems” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
#rK.AD1146 D.6.4120.5 B.063.1.06 E.0 | #rK.AD1146 D.6.4120.5 B.063.1.06 E.0 | ||
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