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睪 (Kangxi radical 109,目+8, 13 strokes,cangjie input田中土廿十 (WLGTJ),four-corner26401,composition⿱罒幸)
| Historical forms of the character睪 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
It traces back to oracle bone script glyphs, denoted here as⿱㚔廾 and⿱㚔𠬜 for typesetting convenience. These two variants depict a handcuff㚔 and a pair of hands廾 or𠬜 placed on each side, likely denoting “to release” (釋), especially considering the position of hands in𠬜 are facing away the handcuffs (Qiu, 1993;Chen, 2015).
Commonly used in bronze inscriptions to denote {擇} “to pick” (ibid.), as {擇} “to pick” and {釋} “to release” are etymologically and semantically related (Yu and Yang, 2023 citing Liu, 2014). A composition with an eye (目) added appeared in as late as Eastern Zhou bronze inscriptions (as𢍰). It probably serves to fortify the denoting of picking (with eyes) (Chang, 2016;Yu and Yang, 2023). In the same period, a composition with hand omitted appeared, giving rise to the current glyph目(“eye”) + 㚔(“handcuff”) (ibid.).
| trad. | 睪 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 𠬤 | |
| alternative forms | 𥇝 𥇡 𦎝 睾 | |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 睪 | 睪 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) | 葉 (156) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 羊益切 | 尼輒切 |
| Baxter | yek | nrjep |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇk̚/ | /ɳˠiᴇp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛk̚/ | /ɳᵚiɛp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iæk̚/ | /niæp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiajk̚/ | /ɳjiap̚/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛk̚/ | /njɛp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛk̚/ | /nĭɛp̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ɛk̚/ | /ni̯ɛp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yì | niè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jik6 | nip6 |
睪
| trad. | 睪/睾* | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 睾* | |
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
睪
| trad. | 睪 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 𠬤 | |
睪
| trad. | 睪 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 𠬤 | |
睪
| trad. | 睪 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 𠬤 | |
睪
| For pronunciation and definitions of睪 – see擇 (“toselect; tochoose; topick out; topick up”). (This character is a variant form of擇). |
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