Zi:屮

屮 [chè] (​古) sprout (​草​木​初​生), half of ​艸 cǎo grass; (radical 45, 屮​部) [cǎo] ​艸/​草 [zuǒ] (!​𠂇) ​左​手; (comp: ​艸​芔​𠬢​𡴇​𡴂​𠨲…)

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 屮(​􀃿) chè ‘sprout/branches’ combines ​丨(​􀃻) a vertical (​直) line representing the stem/trunk of a plant (​植​物), with a curved line depicting the rising branches/foliage, as in the top of ​木(​􀻢) mù ‘tree; wood’; that curved line is doubled in ​未(​􂥺) wèi ‘tree heavy with branches and foliage’; inverted, this same shape depicts the roots of ​木(​􀻢).
    Compare: ​艹(​􀄉​艸) cǎo ‘plant/grass/herb’ (​草); ​屯(​􀄀) zhūn (䷂), ​春(​􀋡​萅) chūn ‘springtime’.
    Compare: ​竹(​􀱘) zhú ‘bamboo’, ​亇(​􀲹​个) gè (​半​竹).
    “[屮] A plant sprouting” —Karlgren(AD).
    Compare: ​𠂇(​􀠸) zuǒ ‘left hand’, sometimes also wr. 屮󰀆.
    Compare: ​熏(​􀄈​𡽽) xūn ‘rising/sweet/fragrant smoke’, in which 屮(​􀃿) chè (representing rising smoke).
    Compare: ​支(​􀠨​𠬢) tāo ‘hand with a drumstick’; ​鼓(​􀵐​𡔷​􀣇​鼔​􀵑​𪔐) gǔ ‘drum’; ​支(​􀠽​𠬥) zhī ‘(hand with) branch’.
    Compare: ​壴(​􀵋​𧯛) zhù ‘drum stand/rack’, in which ​十(​􀃿屮) represents a ritual/processional wand/baton/drumstick with feathered streamers.
    Compare: ​𡴎(​􂢠​𡶫) niè ‘high/steep/dangerous’.
►references: Guǎngyùn:500.47; Wieger:73a; Karlgren:AD1188; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1021.3; Mathews:283; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:304.10
►Cantonese: chit-
►components: ​凵​丨​
Shuōwén: ​􀃿(屮) ​􀠋(​又) ​􀄉(​艸)
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