[A follow-up to my own post (qalam/67).]

On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Thomas Chan wrote:

> [TC]
> I don't have an answer to this, although I can think of more examples of
> exceptions, such as jie2, composed of ba1 U+5DF4 over shan1 U+5C71, Hanyu
> Da Zidian 10765.11, which is 'the place where a mountain turns', among
> three other meanings; vs. ba1, composed of shan1 U+5C71 over ba1 U+5DF4,
> Hanyu Da Zidian 10765.12, which is part of a placename.

[TC]
On the sci.lang newsgroup, someone gave an even better answer[1] to Jon
Babcock's query. U+54E1 and U+5504, U+6688 and U+6689, and U+4F1A and
U+4F1D were given as three examples where: 1) the components were the
same, but 2) meanings different, as well as 3) writing sequence was
identical--the third restriction not among the criteria that Jon asked
for, nor present in my own examples. (I don't completely agree with
the third pair, though.)

[1] http://x56.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=684948327&CONTEXT=972344312.218628149&hitnum=0


> [TC]
> However, let me quote an interesting passage I read today from CHIANG
> Yee's _Chinese Calligraphy_ (London: Methuen, 1938), that seems relevant
> to what Jon is asking:
[snip]
> The figures that Chiang refers to are:
[snip]
> fig 131a is U+9D5D
> fig 131b is the same, but with the two halves swapped
> fig 131c is like fig 131a, but arranged vertically rather than
> horizontally (so that 'I' is above 'bird')

[TC]
I investigated the U+9D5D 'goose' example ('bird' is on the right half)
a bit more, and besides U+9D5E ('bird' is on the bottom half), the _Hanyu
Da Zidian_ also documents two other variant forms; one where 'bird' is
on the left half (a reversal of U+9D5D), and one where 'bird' is in the
top half (a reversal of U+9D5E)--all four are listed in the 8 vol. _Hanyu
Da Zidian_ pp. 7: 4635-4636, as well as a PRC simplified version of
U+9D5D, U+9E45, on p. 7: 4636.



Thomas Chan
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