Zi:成

成 [chéng] become (成​为, ​变成); accomplish/complete (​完成); succeed/success (成​功); (HDZ:) ​完成, ​实​现; 成​就, 成​绩; 成​为, ​变成; 成​熟, ​茂​盛; …; (​姓)

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 成 chéng ‘accomplish’ combines a ​戊 ‘battle ax’, and ​丁(​𠆤) dīng ‘peg/nail’ (phonetic): hanging up the battle ax after success in battle, putting away one's weapons/tools, ready for the next attack; formerly wr. ​𢦩, with ​午 wǔ ‘pestle’ (cf. ​盛: ​放​在​祭​器​里​的​谷​物) instead of ​丁(​𠆤) dīng.
    Compare: ​诚/​誠 chéng ‘sincere/honest/trustworthy/reliable’ (accomplishing/keeping one's promises).
    Old inscriptional forms of 成 are said to combine ​戌 xū ‘destroy’, with ​丁 or ​丨 for the ‘peg’ (HDZ).
    Note: Others guess that ​戊 wù ‘weapon’ in this character is short for ​茂 mào ‘flourishing, luxuriant’ (​茂​盛, suggesting the meaning ‘succeed’; SW: ​茂: ​艸​木​盛​皃).
    Compare: ​戌 xū, ​戊 wù, ​戉 yuè, ​戈 gē.
    HDZ: 成 : chéng : ​完成, ​实​现; 成​就, 成​绩; 成​为, ​变成; 成​熟, ​茂​盛; 成​全, ​助​之​使成​功; ​和​解, ​媾​和; ​裁​决; ​使​平​均; ​并​列; ​定, ​必​定; ​既​定​的, ​现成​的; ​重, ​层; ​达​到​一​个​完​整​的​数​量​单​位; ​大; ​计​要, ​统​计​的​文​书; ​法​式, ​格​式; ​奏​乐​一​曲​为​一成; (​古) (​土​地​区​划​名) ​十​里​见​方​之​地 (cf. ​洫, ​城); ​似, ​象; ​十​分​之​一; ​可​能; ​能​力; (​古) (​天​文) ​北​斗​星, ​向​戌​的​位​置; ​盛; ​誠; (​古​邑​名) ​郕; (​姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:191.27; Wieger:71M; Karlgren:AD1204,GSR818a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1399.1; Mathews:379; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:411.11; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:026.0.01; EDOC:1
►components: ​戊​丁​​𠃌​乛
►Cantonese: sihng\
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