Zi:更
更 [gèng] even/still more (更加, 更多); 更好 better [gēng] 更迭 change (更正 ‘amend’); night watch (~2hrs.; 打更、持更、初更、二更…)
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):
►gaang1 更 b.f./char. ►ceot1 gaang1 出更 ►daa2 dak1 gaang1 do1 je6 jau6 coeng4 打得更多夜又長 ►dek3 gaang1 趯更 ►gaang1 biu2 更表
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►gèng* 更 {A} adv. ①more; still/even more ②further; furthermore
►¹gēng 更 {E} b.f. ①change; replace; transform ►gēnggǎi 更改 ②experience; undergo ►bù gēngshì 不更事 ◆n. the five two-hour periods of night
The Shuōwén Seal form of 更(㪅) gēng ‘change/transform’ combines 攴() pū ‘tap/poke’ (as in 改, 教), and 丙() bǐng (phonosemantic); intervene in a (health) crisis, make a change for the better.
Note: The component 攴 here functions as in 改() gǎi (更改 gēnggǎi ‘change/transform’; 更 and 改 are SW syn.); 丙 here is as in 病() bìng ‘sick/crisis’; cf. 便.
Compare: 便(𠊳) pián/biàn ‘comfortable/convenient’, in which 更 (phonosemantic) ← 丙; 鞭(𩌻) biān ‘whip/lash’, formerly wr. 𠓥(), which seems to be an old wr. of 更.
Note: 更 is also glossed with the relative/opposite meaning 繼 ‘continue’, that which does not change continues, cf. 庚: 續 ‘continue’ (DYC); under 庸(𠭻) yōng the component 庚() gēng is glossed 更事 gēngshì ‘experienced’ (庚 was used for 更 in old texts); experience is the experience of change: after five years, memories begin to fade (the facts become unclear); after seven years, words begin to lose their meaning (context is lost); the readings 更 gèng ‘again/more’ and 更 gēng ‘change’ as distinguished today (and in MC) were not formerly distinguished (in OC).
“[更] The seal has 丙 and 攴, interpretation uncertain” —Karlgren(AD).
Compare: 革() gé ‘change’, in SW glossed 革更 (改变, 变更).
Compare: 改() gǎi ‘change’, in SW glossed 更 (改更, 更改: 改变, 改换, 改动).
Compare: 庚() gēng ‘military bell’ (鉦).
HDZ: 更 : gēng : (SW: 改) 改, 改变; 代, 代替; 更换, 变易; 交替, 更迭, 轮流; 抵偿, 报偿 (cf. 庚, 賡); 续, 相继 (cf. 賡); (秦汉) 轮流更替的徭役和兵役; 经历, 经过; (古) (单位) 夜间计时单位, 一夜分为五更, 每更约两小时; (单位) 计算航程的单位; 了解, 懂得; 经验丰富、深历事故的老年人; 善; (姓) • gèng : (副词) (再, 复, 又; 更加, 愈, 越; 岂); (连词) (纵然, 虽; 却, 反而)
HDC: 更改 : 改变, 改换, 改动
HDC: 改更 : 更改, 改变
HDC: 改弦更張 : 调换乐器上的弦线, 并重新调音 (张: 将弦绷紧); (喻) 改革制度或变更方法 (cf. 改絃更張, 更弦改轍, 更絃易轍)
►references: Guǎngyùn:184.01,429.12; Karlgren:AD316,GSR745a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.20.2; Mathews:3346; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:502.06; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:046.0.03; EDOC:1
►components: 丙攴一日人曳
►Cantonese: gang\ gang-
Shuōwén: (㪅)
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