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Zi:该

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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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