Zi:友
友 [yǒu] (朋友 péngyǒu) friend; 友好 friendship; (HDZ:) …
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 友(㕛) yǒu ‘good friends’ (help-mates, going hand-in-hand) doubles 又 yòu ‘(strong) right hand’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 𦫹, and 𦐯.
Note: The MC rhymes differ (SBGY), and in SW the component 又 yòu is not explicitly identified as phonetic in 友 yǒu, but some reconstruct 又/友 as OC homophones (GSR).
Compare: 有(𪠥) yǒu ‘have’ (in which 又 is phonosemantic); 右(𠮢), 祐 yòu ‘help; protect’ (佑); 左 zuǒ ‘help’ (佐); 廾(𠬞) gǒng ‘upraised hands’; 拜(𢫶𣬓) bài ‘honor/worship’.
Compare: 朋(𢐴) péng (as in 朋友 péngyǒu ‘friend’); DYC: 朋 ‘disciples (of the same teacher), classmates/colleagues’ (同師), 友 ‘comrades (with common interests/goals)’ (同志).
Compare: 受 shòu ‘receive/accept’, in which 𠬪 biào ‘give’; the bottom is 又 yòu/yǒu ‘hand/have’.
HDZ: 友 : yǒu : 互助合作; 合作的人; 朋友; 结交, 与…为友; 亲善, 友爱; 顺从; 兄弟相敬爱; 有友好关系的 (友人, 友邦, 友军); (诗) 二兽相聚; (古) (官名) 王府官名; (姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:321.10; Wieger:43p; Karlgren:GSR995e; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.391.1; Lindqvist:37; Mathews:7540; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:165.06; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:006.0.10; EDOC:1
►components: 𠂇又
►Cantonese: yauh/
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