Zi:正

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[zhèng] right/correct, straight; main/major/primary; ​正 genuine; ​正 pure; ​正 revise; ​正 amend; 正​ positive [zhēng] 正​, ​正 first lunar month; (HDZ:) …

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 正 zhèng ‘right/correct; (go) straight (ahead)’ combines ​ zhǐ ‘(right) foot; stop’ (phonosemantic), with a straight horizontal line drawn above the toes, marking the boundary at which one must stop (toeing the line), the straight/level continuous/unbroken earth/path which each one must follow; formerly wr. ​ with ​(​𠄞) ‘above’ (cf. ​, ​), and also wr. ​𧾸 with ​ zú ‘foot’ below (instead of ​).
    Compare: ​(​𣥠) bō ‘step up/on’, in which ​ zhǐ ‘right foot’ is together with ​𣥂 tà ‘left foot’; ​(​𧰍), ​, ​𤼩(​).
    Older graphs (OBI) assoc. with 正 look like ​𧾸/​ or ​, with a circle ​ above instead of horizontal line (cf. ​/​/​ zhǐ/zú ‘toes/foot’).
    Note: The top part ​ in some old forms is assoc. with old forms of ​(​𠆤) dīng (phonosemantic); cf. Karlgren(1940).
    “[正] To ​ stop at the ​ line ...without going astray” —Wieger.
    Compare: ​(​) shì, ​(​𡧡) dìng (正 is wr. ​𤴓); ​(​𣥄) fá (​𣥄 reverses 正); ​ gè (formerly perhaps ​𧾸/​/正 inverted).
    Note: As a component 正 is wr. ​𤴓 (combining variant form) in some modern characters; cf. ​/​, ​/​𡧡.
    Compare: 正, ​𣥄, ​, ​𨒌, ​, ​𢌛, ​, ​𢿫, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​.
    Compare: ​/​ zhèng/zhēng ‘speak frank/quarrelsome advice’, glossed ​/正 (SW/GF).
    HDZ: 正 : zhèng : (SW: ​) 正​, ​正, ​; ​, ​; 正​, ​正 (​); ​正​ (​、​); ​, ​, ​; ​正, ​正 (cf. ​); ​使正; ​, ​; 正​, ​; ​, ​, ​ (​); ​, ​; 正​ (ant. ​); ​, ​ (cf. ​); ​ (ant. ​); ​ (ant. ​, ​); ​, ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; (​), (​) (ant. ​) (正​, 正​, 正​); (​) ​ (正​, 正​, 正​); 正​, 正​; (​) (​) 《​》 “​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​正, ​正​”; (​) (​) ​: ​; (​) …; (​) …; ​: ​, ​; ​ (​, ​; ​, ​); ​ (zhěng) (​, ​; …); ​ (chéng): ​; (​) • zhēng : ​ (​, ​; ​, ​); (​) ​; ​, ​; ​ (正​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:192.20,430.37; Wieger:112i; Henshall:41; Karlgren:AD1198,GS833j,GSR833j; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1436.1; Mathews:351; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:574.02; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:012.0.09; Wáng(1993):160; EDOC:1
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