廷
Meanings
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- 1.palace courtyard
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Wiktionary
- 1.palace courtyard; court of a feudal lord
- 2.government; governmental office
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ): semantic 廴 + phonetic 𡈼 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ). From 聽 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs, “to hear”), i.e. “where hearings take place”. Related to 廳 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋ, “hall”).
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Related words
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