On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Ayers, Mike wrote:
> <From: Thomas Chan [mailto:thomas@atlas.datexx.com]>
> There are some characters in LENG Yulong and WEI Yixin's
> _Zhonghua Zihai_
> dictionary (Beijing: Zhonghua, 1994), such as gu2 on p. 31
> and lin2 on p.
> 32 that incorporate a circular component. I'd probably
> describe them as:
[snip]
> (Both look somewhat like crosshairs.)
>
> Could you please scan the characters in question? If you can't post
> them to a web page, you may mail them to me personally. I think I know what
> this is, but need to see.
I really should have a picture, but I was only able to use the dictionary
in question briefly while in Minneapolis, so I only have my notes:
http://deall.ohio-state.edu/grads/chan.200/misc/gu-lin.jpg
(If anyone has access to this dictionary and scan the entries in question,
I'd appreciate it.)
p. 31's gu2 reads "yin gu yangping" 'sound is the same as that of the
character gu1 '(paternal) aunt', but in the yangping tone class [hence gu2
in Mandarin]'; "yi wei xiang jian _Bian Hai_" 'meaning not yet clear [to
the dictionary compilers], seen in the _Bian Hai_'.
p. 32's lin2 reads "yin lin" 'sound is same as that of the character lin2
'forest''; and then the same compiler comment and source reference.
Rather weird cases, but LENG Yulong, WEI Yixin, et al. felt they were Han
characters.
Thomas Chan
tc31@cornell.edu
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