Zi:立

立 [lì] stand (up/on); ​建立 establish; 立​式 vertical/upright; 立​刻 right away; 立​方​体 cube; (radical 117, 立​部) [wèi] (​古) ​位

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 立(​𡗓) lì ‘stand (on/up)’ (​站立) combines ​大(​亣) dà ‘big man’ (with arms spread wide) with a horizontal line ​一 representing the ground (on which he stands).
    Compare: ​位 wèi ‘standing/rank/position’ (in the imperial court), in old texts wr. 立; cf. ​位.
    Compare: ​至(​𦤴) zhì ‘attain/arrive’; ​旦, ​丠, ​𢀖/​巠, ​土; in all of these characters ​一 represents ‘earth/ground’.
    Compare: ​太(​夳​𡙌​泰) tài (䷊); ​天 tiān ‘heaven/sky’ (also with ​大, but with ​一 ‘sky’ above).
    Compare: ​並/​竝, ​并(​𢆙​幷), ​併(​倂) bìng.
    立 is the 117th of the 214 radicals.
    HDZ: 立 : lì : ​站立; ​竖​起 (立​竿​见​影); ​建​树, ​成​就; ​成​熟; ​三​十​岁; ​设​置, ​设立; ​制​订, ​订立; ​存​在; ​帝​王​或​诸​侯​即​位; ​确​定, ​决​定; ​坚​定; (​副​词) ​即​刻 (立​候​回​音); ​粒: ​以​谷​米​为​食; ​泣 (qì): ​哭​泣; (​姓) • wèi : (​古) ​位
►references: Guǎngyùn:532.43; Wieger:60h; Henshall:73; Karlgren:AD524,GSR694a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2706.1; Lindqvist:28; Mathews:3921; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:870.17; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:018.1.09; Wáng(1993):4; EDOC:1
►components: ​亣​一​​亠​八​丌
►Cantonese: laahp-
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Unicode: U+7ACB
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