Zi:研

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[yán] grind; (研​ yánjiū) study; (HDZ:) ​, ​; 研​; … [yàn] ​; ​ [xíng] (​) ​研​

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 研(​) yán ‘grind/pulverize; polish’ (研​) combines ​ (shí) ‘stone’, and ​(​) qiān ‘level/balanced’ (phonosemantic); formerly also wr. ​.
    Compare: 研​ yánmó ‘study/ponder; crush/pulverize’ (HDC).
    Note: The right side part ​ qiān ‘level/balanced’ is today wr. like ​/​ kāi ‘open’.
    Compare: ​ xíng ‘image/form/shape’; ​(​𢆙) bìng ‘combine/together’.
    Compare: ​/​ yàn ‘smooth stone; inkstone’ (also wr. 研); ​(​) yán ‘smart/skilled/polished/beautiful’.
    HDZ: 研 : yán : (SW: ​) ​ (cf. ​/​, ​), ​ (cf. 研​); 研​; ​, ​; ​: ​; (​) • yàn : ​: (​ (cf. ​); ​); ​ (cf. ​/研 yán: ​) • xíng : (​) ​研​
    HDC: 研​ : 研​; ​使
    HDC: 研​ : ​, ​; ​; ​研 (​研​; ​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:135.23,408.14; Wieger:115b; Karlgren:AD379,GSR239g; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2418.14; Mathews:7341; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:110.1.04; EDOC:1
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