Zi:都

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[dōu] all [] (​都 shǒudū) national capital city [zhū] cf. (​) ​/​

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 都(​𨜞) dū ‘revered/ancestral city’ combines ​(​) yì ‘city-state’, and ​ zhě (phonosemantic); the revered/ancestral city, from which many descendants/troops have emerged/migrated, and to which many trace hereditary descent, and pay fealty/tribute/taxes.
    Note: In the component ​ the top part is ​𣥐(​𣃨) lǚ ‘military unit’ (phonosemantic), a unit of (500 or 2,000) soldiers marching/parading under military standard/colors/ensign.
    Compare: ​ dǔ ‘earthen wall (of earth between piles/boards)’; ​/​ dǔ ‘gamble/gambling’; ​(​) chǔ ‘paper-mulberry tree; paper money’.
    HDZ: 都 : dū : (SW: ​) (​) ​; ​; ​都, ​; ​; ​都; ​ (​都​; ​, ​), ​; (​) (​) ((​) ​; (​) ​; ​; ​; (​) (​) ​); ​, ​; ​ (cf. ​/​ zhū); ​; ​; ​, ​; ​; ​; (​) ​; (​) (​) ​; ​, ​; (​) ​ (都: ​; ​: ​); (​) ​; (​) ​, ​; (​); ​, ​; (​) • dōu : (​) (​, ​; …都​; ​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:086.18; Karlgren:AD1187,GSR45e'; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3776.7; Mathews:6500; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1274.09; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:143.0.03; EDOC:1
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