Zi:活
活 [huó] live/exist, be alive/animate; life/existence/livelihood (生活); activity (活动), lively (灵活); sustain/revive; (HDZ:) … [guō] (象声) “活活”, 水流声
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹huó 活 {A} v. ①live ②save (sb.'s life) ◆s.v. ①live; alive; living ②movable ③moving ④vivid; lively ◆adv. exactly; simply ◆n. ①work; task ②product ③livelihood M: fèn/²jiàn 份/件 ④〈environment:〉 slang sexual prowess
The Shuōwén Seal form of 活(𣴠) guō ‘gurgling/flowing/lively water’ combines 氵(水 shuǐ) ‘water’ (river/stream), and 舌(𠯑) guā ‘fill the mouth’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 𣽅(𣿛), with 聒(𦕾): a gurgling/flowing/lively spring/stream/river, source of fresh/potable drinking water (necessity of life).
Note: The old component is not 舌 shé ‘tongue’, but 舌(𠯑) guā ‘fill the mouth’; cf. 舌.
Note: Formerly 活(𣴠) guō ‘gurgling/flowing water; muddy/slippery’ (SW, HDZ, HDC), today mainly 活 huó ‘live/exist’ (both usages are attested in SJ).
Note: (诗) (碩人) 河水洋洋、北流活活 “The waters of the He, wide and deep, Flow northwards in majestic course.” (Legge) [ 活活 guōguō ]
Note: (诗) (擊鼓) 于嗟闊兮、不我活兮 “Alas for our separation! We have no prospect of life.” (Legge) [ 活 huó ]
Note: (诗) (載芟) 播厥百穀、實函斯活 “They sow their different kinds of grain, Each seed containing in it a germ of life.” (Legge) [ 活 huó ]
Compare: 阔/闊(𨶖) kuò ‘wide/vast/broad’; 话/話(䛡) huà ‘speech/speak’; 括(𢬸) kuò ‘draw together; include’; 刮(𠜜) guā ‘scrape’.
HDZ: 活 : guō : (SW: 水流聲) (象声) “活活”, 水流声 • huó : 生存, 有生命的; 使存活, 救活; 活东, 灵活 (活页, 活期存款); 生动, 活泼; 生计, 工作; 制成品, 产品 (出活儿, 废活/货); (副词) 非常, 简直 (活象/像, 活受罪)
HDC: 活活 : huóhuó : 在活的状态下; 有生命的东西平白受害; 有生命的, 充满生机的; 简直, 完全如此
HDC: 活活 : guōguō : 水流声; 水流貌; 泥泞, 滑
►references: Guǎngyùn:485.53,486.18; Wieger:102c,114c; Karlgren:AD862,GSR302m; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.1609.2; Mathews:2401; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:622.18; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:131.1.10; EDOC:1
►components: 氵舌
►Cantonese: wuht-
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