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Saturday, 25 April 2020 at 21:49
𗲋 [¹luq₁] 'happy, joyful' is constructed from the top of 𘟣 [¹du₄] 'to have', the left side of 𘂤 [¹kha₁] 'in, among' and the left side of 𗫡 [²ny₄] 'to arrive, to reach' {𘟣𘂤𗫡𘊱} babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/WenhaiL…
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Saturday, 25 April 2020 at 22:00
The entry for this character in Li Fanwen's Tangut-Chinese Dictionary reads the character for the third derivation as 𗫉 [¹be'₂] 'entertainment, pleasure' (which we encountered yesterday and the day before in the title of the Ode on Monthly Pleasures 《𗼑𗼑𗫉𗊱》), ...
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Saturday, 25 April 2020 at 22:07
... but although that may make better sense, it is definitely not the character given in the Sea or Writing or the Precious Rimes of the Sea of Writing, which goes to show the importance of checking the primary sources!
