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得 [de] (grammatical function) [dé] get, reach, achieve [děi] should/must; (HDZ:) …

3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►³de ​得 {A} inf. (used in r.v.) ‖ kàn∼jiàn 看∼见 able to see ◆s.p. (used to link a verb and the manner clause that follows it) ‖ shuō ∼ kuài 说∼快 speak quickly ‖ dà ∼ nábudòng 大∼拿不动 so big that it can't be moved ◆cmp. (potential complement) ‖ Tā hǎo le, xiànzài chī∼ le. 他好了, 现在吃∼了。 He's well again and can eat now.
►děi ​得 {A} aux. must ◆v. 〈environment:〉 coll. ①need ‖ Wọ̌ dẹ̌i zǒu le. 我∼走了。 I must go. ②should be
►¹dé ​得 {A} v. ①get ②result in ③be fit/proper ④be satisfied ⑤be finished ‖ ∼le, bié shuō le. ∼了, 别说了。 OK! OK! That's enough.


In Shuōwén the character 得(​𢔶) dé ‘get’ combines ​彳 chì ‘go/walk (slowly)’ on the left, and ​㝵(​䙷) dé ‘get’ on the right; ​㝵 itself is defined twice in SW: first (under ​彳 radical) it is simply defined as an abbrev. form of 得; later (under ​見 radical) it is given its own entry, and there said to combine ​見 jiàn ‘see’ and ​寸 ‘measure (the pulse)’; this kind of duplication is seen in Chinese dictionaries when there are variant/competing analyses of the semantics and component structure.
    Older graphs (OBI) associated with 得/​㝵(​䙷​䙸​𡬩​㝶​𠭁​𥃷​𧴫) are said to combine ​貝 bèi ‘cowrie-shell (money)’ (not ​見, as in the Seal) and ​又 ‘hand’ (get your hands on some cash).
    Note: In the modern forms 得/​㝵, the old component ​貝/​見 is reduced to ​旦 dàn ‘dawn’.
    Note: 得 děi ‘must/should’ is said to be an extension of ‘get/achieve’ (one must get money).
    Compare: ​德 dé ‘virtue’ (​道​德), formerly wr. ​㥁(​悳), ​𢜖, and assoc. with 得.
    HDZ: 得 : dé : (​甲) ​从​又​持​贝; 得​到, ​获得 (ant. ​失); ​贪得; ​采​用, ​采​取; ​相​遇, ​遇​到; ​控​制, ​驾​驭; ​便​利, ​有​利; ​投​合, ​投​契; ​适​合, ​适​当; ​晓​悟, ​了​解; ​完​成; ​足, ​满​足; ​及, ​到; ​可, ​能​够; (​结​束) (​同​意; ​禁​止); (​副​词) (​岂; ​特); (​周​易) ​德 • děi : (​旧​读) dé : ​必​须, ​应​该 • de : (​助​词) ​可​能, ​能​够 (​这​房​子​还​住得); (​跑得​快); ​了: ​完​成; (​语​气​词)
►references: Guǎngyùn:529.08; Wieger:45e; Karlgren:AD980,GSR905d; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.828.3; Lindqvist:159; Mathews:6161; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:367.31; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:199.0.05; Wáng(1993):140; EDOC:1
►components: ​彳​㝵​旦​寸​
►Cantonese: dak\
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