崖
Meanings
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- 1.precipice
- 2.cliff
- 3.Taiwan pr. [yái]
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- 1.cliff; precipice (Classifier: 個／个 m)
- 2.limit; boundary; margin
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋreː, *ŋre): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 厓 (OC *ŋreː, “cliff”). Alternatively analyzed as Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋreː, *ŋre): semantic 屵 (“cliff”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː). In this case, its proto-form could be 屵. Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character, 厓 and 街 either comes from folk etymology or its appearance in the Small Seal script. Same word as 睚 (OC *ŋreːs, “rim of the eye”) and 涯 (OC *ŋreː, *ŋre, “shore, bank”) (Schuessler, 2007). See the latter for etymology.
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