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Glyph origin and etymology of 羹?
Here's Outlier's breakdown:
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羹 is composed of 美 and 羔 “a sheep being barbequed,” which indicate the original meaning “vegetable or mutton soup cooked in a bronze vessel, like a dǐng (鼎) or lì (鬲)...
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What's the semantic relationship between the morphemes in words like 君主, 君王 and 帝王?
Hear is my understanding, based partly in Archie Barnes' book Chinese through Poetry.
For a few words like 君主, 君王 and 帝王, I can't figure out the semantic relationship.
I think these compounds have a ...
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