乂
Meanings
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- 1.to regulate
- 2.to govern
- 3.to control
- 4.to mow
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Wiktionary
- 1.Original form of 刈 (yì, “to weed; to mow”).
- 2.to govern; to control; to manage; to regulate
- 3.to nurture
- 4.to discipline; to punish
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) — a tool similar to a knife (Li Xueqin, 2012), perhaps a sickle; see also 辛. In some other versions both on oracle bones and bronzes, it looks like a huge pair of scissors used to cut weed. The original meaning of "mow, cut weed; sickle" is preserved in 刈. Unrelated to 爻. Sense "regulate, govern, orderly" is derived from "to mow, cut, reap"; this sense's origin is ambiguous, possibly from "to cut" > "to trim", etc. (Schuessler, 2007). If so, see 刈 (yì) for etymology. Alternatively, from 禦／御 (yù) (ibid.)
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乂㇒
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