Zi:当
当 [dāng] (F當) serve as; (F噹) ding-dong [dàng] (F當) (当作) regard as [dǎng] (F當) 当戗 useful
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The simple-form character 当 (6 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 當 (13 strokes), keeping the top part ⺌, but replacing the bottom part with the form 彐 (3 strokes); formerly also wr. 𢑐.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 当/當 dāng ‘relative property values’ combines 田 tián ‘fields/plots/parcels’, and 尚(尙) shàng ‘increase; still/almost’ (phonosemantic); at territorial boundaries neighbors lock horns, property boundaries vie against each other, property values are ever-increasing, as homes are built up higher and higher, my plot ought to be bigger than yours.
“[當] The fundamental sense is ‘value’” —Karlgren(AD). [cf. 值, (SW:) 當: 田相值; (DYC:) 田与田相持]
Note: 当 serves as the simple form of 當 and also of 噹, cf. 噹.
Compare: 富 fù ‘rich/wealthy’; 福 fú ‘blessing’.
►references: Wieger:36e; Henshall:183; Karlgren:AD856; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.562.12; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:026.1.09; EDOC:0
►components: ⺌彐
►Cantonese: dong\
<cdl char='当' uni='5F53' points='12,0 116,120' radical='K42'>
<comp char='小' uni='5C0F' variant='19' points='8,0 120,62' />
<comp char='彐' uni='5F50' points='0,62 128,128' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='小' uni='5C0F' variant='19' points='8,8 120,96'>
<stroke type='s' points='64,0 64,128' tail='cut' />
<comp char='丷' uni='4E37' points='0,22 128,98' />
<!-- variant based on [U+2E8C](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='丷' uni='4E37' points='32,16 96,64' radical='D1 K12 Q'>
<stroke type='d' points='0,0 34,116' />
<stroke type='p' points='128,6 84,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='彐' uni='5F50' points='8,8 120,120'>
<stroke type='hz' points='4,0 128,0 128,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='h' points='10,60 128,60' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' tail='cut' />
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+5F53
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