edit character approved 堇 — "Because, this was the result of the component 𦰩 fusing together with 土, which in turn 堇 looks identical to 𦰩. Both graphs contain a depiction of a criminal (or person with their arms crossed, depending on the interpretation) with their mouth open, so that's why the two look identical to each other."
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edit character approved 堇 — "Not an edit, just a question, but why does 𦰩 (as a radical) look LITERALLY indentical to 堇, when we've separated them into two different characters??"
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edit character approved 堇 — "Tweaked entry"
- Hint
- Pictograph of a person facing upwards with their mouth open over a fire. Based on the original meaning "burn". The meaning later shifted to "bake", "dry out", and "clay". → Pictograph of burning a tortured person (𦰩) over fire (火) as sacrifice, now written as 熯. The meaning later shifted to "bake", "dry out", and "clay".
- Original meaning
- burn → burn a person alive as a sacrifice
Changed: hint, original meaning
edit character approved 堇 — "𦰩"
- Components
- 火 Iconic
- hint: (empty) → Modern form looks like 土, but is unrelated.
- + 𦰩 SoundIconic Depicts a tortured person sighing.
- - 黃 Iconic
- 火 Iconic
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-10 → 1-8,10
- Sources
- 李学勤《字源》p.1198
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.912
Changed: components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character rejected 堇 — "黃"
- Components
- + 黃 Iconic Depicts a person sighing.
- - ◎ Iconic
Changed: components
Reviewer: "The top component is not directly 黃. According to 季旭昇, he considers 𦰩, the sound component of this character to be composed of 火 over 黃. See 季旭昇《說文新證》 pg. 912 for more information regarding the composition of this character and its sound component."
edit character approved 堇 — "verify"
- Hint
- Pictograph of burning a tortured person (𦰩) over fire (火) as sacrifice, now written as 熯. The meaning later shifted to "bake", "dry out", and "clay". → Pictograph of a person facing upwards with their mouth open over a fire. Based on the original meaning "burn". The meaning later shifted to "bake", "dry out", and "clay".
- Original meaning
- burn a person alive as a sacrifice → burn
- Components
- 火 Iconic
- hint: Modern form looks like 土, but is unrelated. → (empty)
- + ◎ Iconic Depicts a person facing upwards with their mouth open.
- - 𦰩 SoundIconic
- 火 Iconic
- Strokes (simplified)
- 11 strokes→11 strokes
Source: animcjk → dong
- Sources
- 李学勤《字源》p.1198
- - 季旭昇《說文新證》p.912
Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images