Zi:主
主 [zhǔ] lord/master; 物主 owner; 主要 main; 主义 zhǔyì -ism [zhú] (口语) 主意 zhúyi idea (GFC); (HDZ:) … [zhù] (量词) 件, 桩; 注: 灌入
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 主 zhǔ ‘lamp (with) wick’ (wax candle or fat/oil lamp) is said to be a pictograph depicting such a lamp, adding a dot 丶 zhǔ ‘wick/flame’ (phonosemantic); later wr. 炷 zhù ‘lamp wick’.
Note: 主 zhǔ ‘lord/master (of a household/domain)’ (as in 主人) is an old secondary/derived meaning: the central wick is lord of the lamp, supporting the flame.
Compare: 注 zhù ‘pour (liquid/oil) into (a lamp/etc.); infuse; concentrate/focus’, formerly wr. 主, as in the SW gloss of 眩 vs. 𧢦.
Compare: 驻/駐 zhù ‘rein in a horse (the rider/driver/master brings it to a halt)’.
Compare: 住 zhù ‘live/reside’ (居住 jūzhù), formerly wr. 主; the master lives/resides in the dwelling/manor at the center of the land/fief.
Compare: 王 wáng ‘king’, 玉/王 yù ‘jade’.
Compare: 皿 mǐn ‘pan/vessel’, 血 xuè ‘blood’; 朱 zhū ‘red’.
Compare: 主意 zhǔyi (好主意), (coll.) 主意 zhúyi ‘idea’ (GFC); 注意 zhùyì ‘take note’.
HDZ: 主 : zhǔ : (SW: 鐙中火主) 炷: 灯心; 家长 (一家之主); 主人; 首领, 为首的人; 君主; 公卿大夫及其正妻; 物主 (物归原主); 当事人 (苦主, 卖主); 事物的根本; 死人的牌位 (木主, 神主); 公主; 掌管, 主持; 主张; 守; 主象, 预示 (吉凶祸福, 自然变化等); 主婚; (中医) 主治; 专一, 专心 (cf. 注); 从自身出发的 (主动, 主观); (基督) 耶稣, (伊斯兰) 主神; (姓) • zhù : (量词) 件, 桩; 注: 灌入
►references: Guǎngyùn:263.19; Wieger:4b,83d; Henshall:299; Karlgren:AD1245,GSR129a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.44.3; Mathews:1336; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:80.20; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:018.1.05; EDOC:1
►components: 丶王
►Cantonese: jyu/
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