睪
Meanings
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- 1.to spy out
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Wiktionary
- 1.to spy on
- 2.a surname
- 3.testicle
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Etymology
Various explanations exist. In oracle bone script there were two primary forms: * (𬙜 = ⿱罒矢) Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 目 (“eye”) + 矢 (“arrow”), possibly meaning “to shoot” or “to see”. * (⿱㚔廾 or ⿱㚔𠬜) Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 㚔 (“handcuffs”) + 廾 or 𠬜 (“pair of hands”) on each side, likely denoting “to release” (now written 釋), especially considering the position of hands in 𠬜 are facing away the handcuffs (Qiu, 1993; Chen, 2015). Commonly used in bronze inscriptions to denote “to pick” (now written 擇) (ibid.), as 擇 (“to pick”) and 釋 (“to release”) are etymologically and semantically related (Yu and Yang, 2023 citing Liu, 2014). To the latter form, the composition 𢍰 with an eye (目) added appeared in as late as Eastern Zhou bronze inscriptions. It probably serves to fortify the denotion of picking (with eyes) (Chang, 2016; Yu and Yang, 2023). In the same period, a composition with hand omitted appeared, giving rise to the current glyph 目 (“eye”) + 㚔 (“handcuff”) (ibid.).
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Stroke order
Components
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