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Monday, 29 June 2020 at 22:51

𗴋 [¹kwan₄] 'volume, scroll' (Chinese juàn) is constructed from the left side of 𘇱 [²paq₁] 'clever words' (?) or 'helmet', the middle stroke (?) of 𗦈 [¹thew₁] 'to pierce', and the right of 𗨨 [²ror₁] 'to encircle; to gather together' {𘇱𗦈𗨨𗡼} babelstone.co.uk/Tangut/WenhaiL…



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Monday, 29 June 2020 at 22:55

The construction of this one is really hard to understand clearly. Maybe 𗦈 'to pierce' means that the central stroke of the left side of 𘇱 [²paq₁] pierces upwards, in which case the derivation is from 𘇱 [²paq₁] and 𗴋 'volume, scroll' only.



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Monday, 29 June 2020 at 23:00

There is some semantic connection between 𗴋 'volume, scroll' and 𗨨 'to encircle; to gather together', but I cannot see any obvious semantic connection with 𘇱 [²paq₁] which is a character that seems to have two very different meanings, neither of which fit here.



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