朕
Meanings
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- 1.(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we")
- 2.(literary) omen
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- 1.omen; sign; portent (subtle signs before an event occurs; incipient state)
- 2.I; me; my (general first-person pronoun used by anyone regardless of status, pre-Qin Dynasty)
- 3.I; my; We (reserved for use by the emperor or empress dowager since the Qin Dynasty)
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Etymology
Simplified from 𦩎 (舟 → 月) Oracle-bone forms depict a 舟 (zhōu) (“boat”) beside two hands holding a rod-like object. In 合集 (héjí) 20610, a variant shows one hand holding the object, which overlaps with the prow of the boat. The graph may be transcribed as ⿰舟尹, and has been identified with 朕 (OC *lrəŋh). The graph may be interpreted as an ideograph for 乘 (OC *mləŋ) (“to mount; to ascend; to board”). In Western Zhou bronze inscriptions, 朕 (OC *lrəŋh) is used as a first-person genitive pronoun of deference, commonly before terms for ancestors, parents, or rulers; it is also used as a loan for 媵 (OC *ləŋh) in the sense “to send; to escort; to accompany; to transfer”. The traditional sense “sign; trace; evidence”, also written 眹 (OC *lrəŋh), may be related to 證 (OC *təŋh), 徵 (OC *trəŋ) and 應 (OC *ʔəŋ; ʔəŋh). ; “imperial I”
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