Zi:先
先 [xiān] first/prior; 先生 xiānsheng Mr.; 祖先 zǔxiān ancestor [xiǎn]
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From ⺧(止 zhǐ) ‘foot’ over 儿(人 rén) ‘person’. Following the footsteps of those who went first.
The top ⺧ is an alteration of 止 zhǐ, a footprint with the toes pointing upward. The similarity to 告 gào and 牛 niú is coincidental.
Compare 前 qián ‘before’, which also had 止 ‘foot’ at the top.
►references: Guǎngyùn:132.01,406.29; Wieger:79b; Karlgren:AD797,GSR478a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.267.2; Mathews:2702; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:124.05; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:028.1.10
►components: ⺧儿
►Cantonese: sin\
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