楚
Meanings
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- 1.surname Chu
- 2.abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hú běi Shěng] and Hunan 湖南省[Hú nán Shěng] provinces together
- 3.Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
- 1.distinct
- 2.clear
- 3.orderly
- 4.pain
- 5.suffering
- 6.deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)
- 7.punishment cane (old)
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Wiktionary
- 1.Vitex; Chinese chaste tree (Vitex negundo)
- 2.thick growth of weeds or trees
- 3.punishment cane
- 4.to beat with a punishment cane
- 5.painful; suffering
- 6.neat; clear; orderly; arranged
- 7.bright; gorgeous
- 8.vulgar; unrefined
- 9.(historical) Chu (an ancient Chinese viscounty and kingdom along the Yangtze River during the Zhou dynasty)
- 10.modern-day Hubei and Hunan (where the state of Chu was located)
- 11.Hubei
- 12.a surname
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Etymology
Originally, a compound formed by 林 (forest), 囗 (an enclosure), and 止 (a footprint pointing up) – according to Shuowen Jiezi, "a group of trees". Perhaps the whole character points to a location on space with a group of trees or a small forest. As seen on some versions on bronzes, the two bottom component were fused and stylized as 足, thus getting the old variant 䠂. Eventually, the whole character was further stylized as Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras): semantic 林 (“forest; grove; woods”) + phonetic 疋 (OC *ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ). However, the phonetic component preserves part of the original drawing. Schuessler (2007) proposes an Austroasiatic origin; compare Proto-Austroasiatic *ɟrla(ː)ʔ (“thorn”).
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