Groups - Group 彖 (tuàn)
Motivated by Lesson: E0795 简体字与繁体字
Taken from character: 篆
Taken from word: 篆书 (seal characters)
篆
Pron: zhuàn
Main radical: 竹
Frequency: 4254
Meaning: seal characters
Examples: 篆书 (seal script)
彖
Pron: tuàn， chǐ
Main radical: 彑
Frequency: 6434
Meaning: a hog; a hedgehog; a porcupine
缘 ( 緣 )
Pron: yuán, yuàn
Main radical: 纟
Frequency: 1274
Meaning: along, predestined affinity, reason, edge
Examples: 缘起 (origin), 缘由 (cause, reason), 边缘 (edge, periphery, borderline), 绝缘 (insulate, isolate from)
椽
Pron: chuán
Main radical: 木
Frequency: 4405
Meaning: beam, rafters
掾
Pron: yuàn
Main radical: 扌
Frequency: 5441
Meaning: official
橼 ( 櫞 )
Pron: yuán
Main radical: 木
Frequency: 6751
Meaning: citrus
蒃
Pron: zhuàn
Main radical: 艹
Frequency: 8272
Meaning: (old) seal characters
蝝
Pron: yuán
Main radical: 虫
Frequency: 8344
Meaning: the larva of locust
堟
Pron: zhuàn
Main radical: 土
Frequency: rare
Meaning: to plow
剶
Pron: juān, chuán
Main radical: 刂
Frequency: rare
Meaning: trim, cut off (branches)
湪
Pron: tuàn
Main radical: 氵
Frequency: rare
Meaning: hot water
褖
Pron: tuàn
Main radical: 衤
Frequency: rare
Meaning: (some old sort of attire)
Tags: 篆, 彖, character points,
Posted by henning July 16, 2008 in the Group Character Points .
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changye says
July 17, 2008
Hi henning,
I’m a little shocked to learn that 彖 means a hog. You know, 彖 is the lower part of such an important character 篆 (seal script)！In my ancient Chinese dictionaries, the original meaning of 彖 is defined as ‘a running hog’, and its secondary meaning is ‘judge or determine’, but I don’t know why ‘a running hog’ changed into ‘judge’. Did ancient Chinese people play a hog-racing? Anyway, the character 篆 (seal script) was invented by combining 彖 with 竹 (bamboo) probably because a writing brush is traditionally made of bamboo and animal hair ………………… including hog hair?
henning says
July 17, 2008
Hi changye,
I now also found the additional meaning for 彖:
Source: http://dict.iciba.com/
changye says
July 17, 2008
Hi henning,
Thanks! Actually, I also found the same thing in my dictionaries last night, but ........let me confess, I just couldn't translate the definition into English, and that's is why I didn't mention it in my previous posting!....hehe! The online dictionary is very good! I've bookmarked it.
john says
July 20, 2008
When I was in Turkey, I had a traditional shave, and the barber used a hog-hair brush. :D