寡
Meanings
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- 1.few
- 2.scant
- 3.widowed
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- 1.few; scant
- 2.widowed
- 3.widow
- 4.alone; friendless
- 5.tasteless
- 6.some
- 7.one
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Etymology
In the bronze script from the Western Zhou period, it was originally an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 (“house”) + 頁 (“head”) — only one person in the house; alone. In the bronze script from the Warring States period, two decorative strokes were added around 頁. The seal script found in Shuowen adds two additional strokes, making the component under 宀 appear as 分 and 頁, leading Shuowen to erroneously interpret the character as an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 (“house”) + 頒 (“to distribute”). Related to 鰥 (OC *kruːn, *kruːns, “widower”), 孤 (OC *kʷaː, “orphan; alone”) (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with Tibetan དགོན་པ (dgon pa, “solitary place; desert; wilderness”), Tibetan སྒོས (sgos, “private; individual”).
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Components
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