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Saturday, 25 April 2020 at 00:43
𗊱 [²dzo₄] 'poem, ode' is constructed from the left side of 𗋰 [²ge₄] 'poem, rhymed prose' and the left side of 𗏂 [²mi₁] 'wind' (representing the trigram ☴ 巽 xùn) {𗋰𘊱𗏂𘊱} babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/WenhaiL…
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Saturday, 25 April 2020 at 00:47
We met this character yesterday in the title of the Ode on Monthly Pleasures 《𗼑𗼑𗫉𗊱》 (twitter.com/TangutSea/stat…). 𗊱 is translated in modern Chinese as shī 詩 'poem', whereas 𗋰 is translated as fù 賦 'rhymed prose', but the difference between the two in Tangut is unclear.
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Saturday, 25 April 2020 at 00:49
These two characters are joined together to form the word 𗊱𗋰 'poetry in general' (?) in the Homophones (babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/Tongyin…), but the reversed sequence is used as the title of the first Tangut Ode, 𗋰𗊱𘝞 'poetic text' (or plain 𗋰𗊱 'poetry' in the block centre title).
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Saturday, 25 April 2020 at 1:02
It is uncertain why 𗊱 'poem, ode' prominently derives from 𗏂 'wind' (normally representing the trigram ☴ 巽 xùn), as it is not a phonetic here. My best guess is that it alludes to the 國風 Guófēng 'Airs of the States' section of the Chinese Classic of Poetry (Shījīng 詩經).
