Zi:该
该(F該) [gāi] should (应该 yīnggāi); (书) this/that, the aforementioned; cf. 該
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 该/該 gāi ‘martial/military prohibitions/rules (of conduct/readiness/engagement)’ combines 讠/言 (yán) ‘direct speech’ (commands), and 亥 hài/jiē (phonosemantic); prohibitions/rules governing/enforcing discipline among the troops (what soldiers are allowed to do, what they should/not do).
Compare: 㱾 gāi ‘carved talisman (of jade/metal/peach-wood)’; 刻 kè ‘carve/engrave’.
Compare: 㤥 hài ‘worry/anxiety/distress’; 骇/駭 hài ‘skittish, (easily) startled horse’.
Compare: 该/該 gāi ← MC /kəi/; 戒(𢌵) jiè ‘prevent/guard/warn’ ← MC /keis/; 㤥 hài ← MC /ɣəis/ (SBGY).
►references: Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3971.1; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:096.1.07
►components: 讠亥
►Cantonese: goi\
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