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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sye | l̥aj | give, bestow |
說文解字
《說文》：“施，旗皃。从，也聲。亝欒施字子旗，知施者旗也。”
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- 漢語多功能字庫
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Original meaning: make the head bald as punishment
Pictograph of a beard (而) being removed from the face by a hand (寸). Based on the original meaning "make the head bald as punishment", now written as 髡. The meaning later shifted to "tolerate" and "endure".
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | nojH | nˤə-s | endure |
說文解字
《說文》：“耏，罪不至髡也。从而，从彡。耐，或从寸。諸法度字从寸。”
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- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Baxter-Sagart
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- Academia Sinica
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- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | qoːm |
| qoːb |
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- Zhengzhang Shangfang
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