Zi:對
對(S对) [duì] toward (對於); oppose/contrast (反對); treat/handle (對待), answer/respond (對答); correct/right/yes (對, 對了); 對不起 excuse me; (HDZ:) 回答, 应答; …
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
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HDZ: 對 : duì : 回答, 应答 (cf. 敓); 朝向, 面对; 相当, 相配; 配偶; 敌手, 对手; 核对, 比照着检查 (对笔迹, 对数字, 对帐目); 投合, 适合; 搀和/合 (液体); 拼合 (对不拢, …对在一起); 平分成两份/分 (对开, 对分, 对股劈); 对待, 对付 (对事不对人, 一个对几个); 对换 (兑换; cf. 𠏮), 抵偿; 正确, 正常 (意见很对, 数目不对, 情绪不对); 相互 (对调, 对骂); 调整使合于一定标准 (对好距离, 对光, 对弦); (诗文) 对仗; (古) (文体) 对策, 奏对; (介词) (对于; 向); (量词) (双; 件, 套); 治; 遂 (suì): (达; 显扬); (姓)
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form 对:) The simple-form character 对 (5 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 對 (14 strokes), replacing the complex left side of 對 (1st 11 strokes) with 又 (2 strokes).
Note: The simple-form component 又 replaces various different complex full-form components, as in 观/觀, 难/難, 鸡/雞; cf. 又.
The full-form character 對 (14 strokes) is itself an abbrev. of the old form 𡭊 (16 strokes), replacing the old lower-left component 口 (3 strokes) with 一 (1 stroke).
The Shuōwén Seal form of 𡭊() duì ‘answer/respond (in kind, proportionally/appropriately/truthfully)’ is said to combine 丵() zhuó ‘thick/lush/competing brush/growth’ (to be cleared away, explained), with 口 kǒu ‘mouth/speech’, and 寸() cùn ‘measure’ (considered/measured response, cf. 忖); later wr. 對(), replacing the old lower-left component 口 ‘mouth’ (as in 舌 ‘tongue’) with 士() shì ‘soldier/scholar’, signifying 事實 shìshí ‘fact’, a factual/truthful response (XK, GY, DYC), not a lie (such as would be punishable by cutting out the tongue).
Note: The answer/response is said to be variable, proportional to the forcefulness of the request/inquiry, just as the sound produced by a bell is proportional to the force with which the bell is struck (DYC); that is, the component 丵() functions here as it does in 業(𤑽𤎸) yè ‘wooden frame with teeth/pegs for hanging bells/drums/chimes’, cf. 业.
Note: In the modern form 對 (14 strokes) two strokes are lost, as the bottom of 丵 blends into 士; the expected stroke count would be 對 (16 strokes) = 丵 (10) + 士 (3) + 寸 (3).
Compare: 怼/懟() duì ‘hate/detest’, in which 对/對() duì ‘rival/opponent/adversary’ (phonosemantic); cf. 對: 敌手, 对手.
Compare: 辛(𨐌) xīn ‘bitter/work hard’; 𨐋(䇂) qiān ‘criminal’ (愆); 言() yán ‘direct speech’.
Older graphs associated with 對/𡭊 perhaps have 土 ‘earth’ instead of 士 (HDZ); cf. 丵.
Compare: 树(樹) shù ‘tree’, in which 对 is an abbrev. of 尌() shù (phonosemantic).
Compare: 黹() zhǐ ‘embroidery’, 菐() pú ‘trivial details’, 叢() cóng, 業() yè (all with 丵 component in SW).
►references: Karlgren:GSR511a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.511.9; Mathews:6562; Guǎngyùn:388.19; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:296.07; EDOC:1
►components: 丵土寸业𢆉王
►Cantonese: deui-
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