Zi:等

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[děng] 等​, ​等 equal; 等​ class; 等​, 等​ wait; 等等 etc.; (HDZ:) …

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 等 děng ‘arrange bamboo strips’ combines ​ (zhú) ‘bamboo’, and ​ sì ‘court/palace official’.
    Note: 等 děng ‘arrange bamboo strips/records’ → ‘order/classify’ → ‘of a class, equal’.
    Note: Karlgren reconstructed OC ​ dzi̯əg ‘hall; eunuch’, and 等 təg/təng ‘classify’ (GSR).
    The meaning of 等 děng has been extended from “class, rank” to “await one's turn, according to rank” —Karlgren(AD).
    Compare: ​ děng ‘small scale/steelyard; to weigh’, formerly wr. 等 (cf. weight/wait).
    HDZ: 等 : děng : ​; ​, 等​; ​, ​; ​; ​, ​; ​; ​, ​; (​) ​; ​: ​西; ​ (cf. ​); 等​, 等​; (​) 等​ (等​); (​) (​; ​; …)
►references: Guǎngyùn:274.35,321.01; Karlgren:AD811,GSR961i'; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.2962.1; Mathews:6178; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:882.24; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:233.1.02; EDOC:1
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