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Friday, 26 June 2020 at 8:58
๐ซ [ยนnewโ] 'type of root vegetable' is constructed from the left side of ๐จ [ยนnewโ] 'breast' (phonetic) and the top and left of ๐ [ยฒna'โ] 'vegetable' {๐จ๐ฑ๐๐ฑ} babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/WenhaiLโฆ
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Friday, 26 June 2020 at 9:07
Li Fanwen glosses ๐ซ [ยนnewโ] as 'radish' ่ฟๅ, but I do not think this identification is certain. Sea of Writing gives the definition ๐๐ฟ๐ง "grows in the grass" which does not help very much ...
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Friday, 26 June 2020 at 9:09
The character ๐ซ occurs in the word ๐ถ๐ซ [ยฒrarโ ยนnewโ], and Pearl in the Palm glosses ๐ถ๐บ as ่่ (turnip root) and ๐ถ๐ as ่่่ (turnip greens), which I suppose is why Li Fanwen guesses that ๐ซ means 'radish'.