益
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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U+FA17
for the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary which contains 八 as its upper component.U+FAA6
for the alternative hanja used in North Korea which contains 丷 as its upper component.益 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿金月廿 (TCBT), four-corner 80107, composition ⿳䒑八皿(GHTJV or U+FAA6
) or ⿱⿳八一八皿(K or U+FA17
))
Historical forms of the character 益 | |
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Shang | Western Zhou |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions |
Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 水 (“water”) + 皿 (“vessel”). Original form of 溢 (OC *liɡ, “to overflow”). Upper component resembles 氺 (“water”) in a horizontal form.
Compare 易.
Bodman (1980) relates it to Tibetan སྐྱེད (skyed, “growth; increase; profit; to generate”), སྐྱེ (skye, “to be born”).
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