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Thursday, 23 April 2020 at 12:50

𗘨 [¹je'₂] 'to herd (put out to graze)' is constructed from the surrounding part of 𘓉 [¹lhew₁] 'to herd (put out to graze)', the bottom right of 𗚛 [²mu₄] 'to move', and the right of 𗌧 [²ur₄] 'to rear animals' {𘓉𘍞𗚛𗌧} babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/WenhaiL…



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Thursday, 23 April 2020 at 13:07

This is an extremely rare character, only occurring in Sea of Writing and Homophones Ed. B (babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/Tongyin…) where it is glossed as a 'family/clan name' 𘈑𗤳 [¹myr₄ ²my₁] (Sea of Writing notes this as an additional meaning), ...



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Thursday, 23 April 2020 at 13:24

... as well as a single time in the Ode on Monthly Pleasures 《𗼑𗼑𗫉𗊱》 where it occurs in the 'common language' line (I) corresponding to the 'ritual language' line (II) at the end of the verse for the 1st month (Nishida's 1986 translation repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstre… shown)



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