Zi:常

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[cháng] ordinary/common (​常, ​常); often (常常), regularly/constantly (​常); ​常 unusually, very/extremely; (HDZ:) …

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 常 cháng ‘lower garment/clothing (kilt/skirt)’ (​), combines ​ (jīn) ‘cloth/towel’, and ​(​) shàng ‘add on top’ (phonosemantic); later also wr. ​, with ​ ‘clothing’ below.
    Compare: ​ yī ‘upper garment/clothing (shirt/coat/jacket)’; SW contrasts ​ yī ‘upper garment’ vs. 常 cháng ‘lower garment’; cf. ​/​.
    Compare: 常​ chángfú ‘ordinary/informal clothing (everyday wear)’; ​ sháng ‘clothes’ (​ yīshang).
    Note: Today mainly 常 cháng ‘regularly/constantly; often; ordinary/common’; formerly also 常 cháng ‘royal banner/flag; rule of (martial) law’ (cf. ​/​, ​/​ ‘banner/flag’).
    Compare: 常​ ‘standing army’, 常​ ‘regular/standing army’, 常​ chángbèi ‘always prepared’, 常​ ‘always on alert’.
    HDZ: 常 : cháng : (SW: ​) ​: ​ (cf. ​/​/​); 常​, 常​; ​常 (​常), ​常 (​常​); ​; ​; (​) (​) ​, ​ (cf. SW: ​: 常); ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​常​; (​) ​常, 常常; (​) (​) ​: ​, ​常; (​) ​ (​); ​; (​) ​: ​; ​ (shàng); ​ (xiáng); ​ (​); (​); (​); (​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:176.17; Wieger:36e; Karlgren:GSR725e; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.744.1; Mathews:221; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:333.12; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:189.0.02; EDOC:1
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