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Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 12:13
𗍶 [²dzen₄] 'to carve, to engrave' is constructed from the bottom left of 𗛥 [¹dza₁] 'chisel' (a borrowing from Chinese záo 鑿) and the right side of 𗥖 [¹twy₄] 'to hit, to beat' {𗛥𘊱𗥖𗡼} babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/WenhaiL…
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Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 12:20
This is another circular derivation, because (as we will eventually see) the bottom part of 𗛥 [¹dza₁] 'chisel' is derived from the whole of 𗍶 [²dzen₄] 'to carve, to engrave'.
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Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 12:43
𗍶 is not a very commonly occurring character. Here it is found in the Tangut version of the "Record of Merits" engraved in small characters on the east wall of the 14th-century archway at Juyong Pass.
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Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 12:53
Nishida's translation (Murata 1957 p. 287) surprisingly fails to identify 𗍶 because 𘦳 is written as 𘦬 (very common in handwriting), especially as the meaning is clear: 𘜼𗼱𘗣𗹢𗥺𗍶𘅤 "the pagoda is built by mixing together earth, and dhāraṇī are written and inscribed on it"
