亥
Meanings
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- 1.12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar
- 2.ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
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Wiktionary
- 1.grass root
- 2.twelfth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
- 3.pig (豬) of the Chinese zodiac
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – depiction uncertain. Some propose it depicts a plant's roots underground, possibly as the original form of 荄 (OC *kɯː, *krɯː). Others propose it is an animal, similar in origin to 豕. Smith (2011) groups 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ) in a word-family meaning "root, germ, generative core" along with 荄 (OC *kɯ:, “grassroot”) → 根 (OC *kɯːn, “root”), 核 (OC *ɡrɯːɡ, “germ, kernel”), 骸 (OC *ɡrɯː, “(human) bones”), and 孩 (OC *ɡɯː, “child”). He suggests the derivation 荄根 "germ, sprout, root (n.)" → 孩 "to sprout" → 亥 "sprouting stage", i.e. "the moon’s first appearance", recalling 月芽 lit. "moon sprout" → "crescent moon". See 核 (hé) for further etymology. Later 亥 (hài) and 豕 (shǐ, “pig”) graphically converged. As for 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ)'s phonological association with the pig. Compare the following: * Khmer កុរ (kol, “year of the pig”), from Angkorian Old Khmer kur. * Proto-Vietic *guːrʔ (“pig; pork”) or *kuːrʔ (“pig; pork”): ** Vietnamese cúi (“(archaic) pig”) ** Muong củi (kuːj³, “pig”) ** Chut cûl (kûːl, “pig”) * Thai กุน (gun, “year of the pig”), a loan from Old Khmer. Ferlus (2013) notes 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ) is a possible match to the Austroasiatic root, but there should be a final sonorant in Old Chinese.
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