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都 [dōu] all [dū] (​首都 shǒudū) national capital city [zhū] cf. (​古) ​豬/​瀦

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 都(​𨜞) dū ‘revered/ancestral city’ combines ​阝(​邑) yì ‘city-state’, and ​者 zhě (phonosemantic); the revered/ancestral city, from which many descendants/troops have emerged/migrated, and to which many trace hereditary descent, and pay fealty/tribute/taxes.
    Note: In the component ​者 the top part is ​𣥐(​𣃨​旅) lǚ ‘military unit’ (phonosemantic), a unit of (500 or 2,000) soldiers marching/parading under military standard/colors/ensign.
    Compare: ​堵 dǔ ‘earthen wall (of earth between piles/boards)’; ​赌/​賭 dǔ ‘gamble/gambling’; ​楮(​柠) chǔ ‘paper-mulberry tree; paper money’.
    HDZ: 都 : dū : (SW: ​有​先​君​之​舊​宗​廟) (​古) ​有​先​君​宗​庙​的​城​邑; ​大​城​市; ​首都, ​全​国​最​高​行​政​机​关​所​在​地; ​国; ​建都; ​下​邑 (​国都​以​外​的​城​邑; ​小​地​方, ​小​县), ​地​方; (​古) (​行​政​区​划​名) ((​夏) ​十​邑; (​周) ​四​县; ​四​乡; ​十​州; (​宋​元) (​明​清) ​县​级​以​下​的​行​政​区​划); ​汇​聚, ​聚​集; ​水​停​聚​的​地​方 (cf. ​豬/​瀦 zhū); ​居; ​藏; ​总, ​总​共; ​大; ​美​盛; (​唐) ​藩​镇​亲​军; (​唐​宋) (​单​位) ​军​队; ​头​目, ​首​领; (​尔​雅) ​於 (都: ​於; ​卒: ​終); (​叹​词) ​啊; (​量​词) ​场, ​次; (​象​声); ​小​木​桩, ​椴; (​姓) • dōu : (​副​词) (​全, ​全​部; …都​强; ​已​经)
►references: Guǎngyùn:086.18; Karlgren:AD1187,GSR45e'; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3776.7; Mathews:6500; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1274.09; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:143.0.03; EDOC:1
►components: ​者​阝​
►Cantonese: dou\
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