羲
Xī

ancient emperor

  • edit character approved 羲 — "Removed portion of explanation" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts a weapon (我) slaughtering a pig for the purpose of sacrificing an animal for offering. The 我 component was later reanalyzed into phonetic component 義 with the addition of the 羊 (sheep) component and the component depicting the slaughtered pig was later reanalyzed as meaning component 兮. Based on the original meaning "sacrificial slaughter", now written as 犧. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Depicts a weapon (我) slaughtering a pig for the purpose of sacrificing an animal for offering. The 我 component was later reanalyzed into phonetic component 義 and the component depicting the slaughtered pig was later reanalyzed as meaning component 兮. Based on the original meaning "sacrificial slaughter", now written as 犧. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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  • edit character approved 羲 — "犧" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts a weapon (我) slaughtering a pig for the purpose of sacrificing an animal for offering. The 我 component was later reanalyzed into phonetic component 義 with the addition of the 羊 (sheep) component and the component depicting the slaughtered pig was later reanalyzed as meaning component 兮. Based on the original meaning "sacrificial slaughter", now written as 犠. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Depicts a weapon (我) slaughtering a pig for the purpose of sacrificing an animal for offering. The 我 component was later reanalyzed into phonetic component 義 with the addition of the 羊 (sheep) component and the component depicting the slaughtered pig was later reanalyzed as meaning component 兮. Based on the original meaning "sacrificial slaughter", now written as 犧. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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  • edit character approved 羲 — "Marked off iconic component " by Prismcool
    Components
    • 義 Sound
      • type: sound, iconic → sound

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  • edit character approved 羲 — "Reworked explanation for brevity " by Prismcool
    Hint
    Mainly used in oracle bone place names, and bronze inscription personal names. Depiction of animal sacrifice. The original form of 犧 (sacrifice). → Depicts a weapon (我) slaughtering a pig for the purpose of sacrificing an animal for offering. The 我 component was later reanalyzed into phonetic component 義 with the addition of the 羊 (sheep) component and the component depicting the slaughtered pig was later reanalyzed as meaning component 兮. Based on the original meaning "sacrificial slaughter", now written as 犠. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
    Components
    • 義 SoundIconic
      • hint: Originally just 我 (saw-toothed dagger axe) in oracle bone script, later phoneticized in bronze script by adding a 羊 (sheep). → Originally 我. Depicts a weapon. The 羊 (sheep) component was added later reanalyzing this component into phonetic component 義.
    • 兮 Meaning
      • hint: Originally this may have depicted a decapitated 豕(pig), now signifies the "breath", "gas", or "vapor" meanings. → Originally depicted a slaughtered pig. Later reanalyzed into meaning component 兮.
      • type: meaning, iconic → meaning

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  • edit character approved 羲 — "Although the whole character is originally iconic, I used the Shuowen's decomposition for the sake of the apparent phonetic component. The other component is just a corruption that is now written like 兮 but has nothing to do with it otherwise. I'm not sure how to mark that "form only" sort of relation." by cochleoid
    Hint
    Depicts a weapon (我) slaughtering a pig for the purpose of sacrificing an animal for offering. The 我 component was later reanalyzed into phonetic component 義 and the component depicting the slaughtered pig was later reanalyzed as meaning component 兮. Based on the original meaning "sacrificial slaughter", now written as 犧. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Mainly used in oracle bone place names, and bronze inscription personal names. Depiction of animal sacrifice. The original form of 犧 (sacrifice).
    Components
    • 義 SoundIconic
      • hint: Originally 我. Depicts a weapon. The 羊 (sheep) component was added later reanalyzing this component into phonetic component 義. → Originally just 我 (saw-toothed dagger axe) in oracle bone script, later phoneticized in bronze script by adding a 羊 (sheep).
      • type: sound → sound, iconic
    • 兮 MeaningIconic
      • hint: Originally depicted a slaughtered pig. Later reanalyzed into meaning component 兮. → Originally this may have depicted a decapitated 豕(pig), now signifies the "breath", "gas", or "vapor" meanings.
      • type: meaning → meaning, iconic
    Strokes (simplified)
    羲
    16 strokes
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    羲
    16 strokes

    Source: animcjk → dong

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