Chinese Etymology 6 - 笑 "Smile, laugh"

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Күн бұрын

Greetings scholars!
How is a dog in the grass similar to a man laughing under bamboo? No this is not a Zen riddle, but rather the somewhat confusing etymology of 笑 "Smile, laugh". #Justice4GrassDoggo
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:55 Etymology
1:36 Ravings of a Madman
3:25 Character Development
6:23 Writing Tips

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@justaregularslitherwing Жыл бұрын

Everybody gansta until the writers replaces the dog (犬) with a phonetic component that's literally just a dude running (夭)

@SrirachaChugChallenge747-jq7by 2 ай бұрын

犬夭

@SwedishSinologyNerd Ай бұрын

@@SrirachaChugChallenge747-jq7by 小狗狗真可憐😢

@k.c1126 Ай бұрын

I'm really glad the algorithm doggo tossed your channel my way... What fun!

@Logan7441 Жыл бұрын

The calligraphy input is really awesome! 👏🏻

@SwedishSinologyNerd Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was afraid it might go by too fast but guess I worried in vain 😎 Also figured out how to add timestamps so people can jump right to the writing tips if they want 🧐

@feleslucis-emanueldearaujo6237 Жыл бұрын

I'm loving your content, and I'm looking forward to your next videos 😄 keep it up, man!

@karkasos Жыл бұрын

Amazing content, thank you! I’ve been binging your channel from the moment I found it. Since my first weeks of learning Chinese, I’m bemused by 什; 麽; their alternative and obsolete forms (found in the Wiktionary); and why in all hells and heavens do they together make sense as a pronoun for plenty of functions and meanings. The more I think about it, the more I become discombobulated. Should you someday make an etymology video on this subject, I would be so happy! I’ve found your channel while looking for 什麽 etymology resources in non-Chinese languages.

@ChristianJiang 14 күн бұрын

Honestly, ⿱艹犬 should’ve been brought back, it would’ve made more sense next to 哭 too, as they’d share the same bottom component! PS: 哭 always looked like a sad, teary face to me lol. P-PS: When I was little, it was explained to me that 夭 in 笑 meant “stillborn baby”… I must’ve been 7, and I remember thinking “Yoo the ancient chinese were kinda sadistic…”

@SwedishSinologyNerd 14 күн бұрын

I mean.... *gestures vaguely to all the messed up shit that happened in ancient China* Li'l Jiang was spitting facts tho.

@jeffinous Жыл бұрын

As a Chinese, my hat off to you...

@Garfield_Minecraft Ай бұрын

ancient chinese is a furry? yup i'll write it like that the ancient way. just a joke #Justice4GrassDoggo

@frustis Жыл бұрын

I would be very interested in studying the oracle bone scripts belonging to that background image of 夭 (non-)jokes aside, another great video. I'm binge watching your content!

@SwedishSinologyNerd Жыл бұрын

A scholar of true refinement and culture I see! xD And thank you! There isn't a lot up yet but I'm glad you find my videos useful and/or interesting! ^^

@Orthodox_American Жыл бұрын

You deserve far more subscribers. Your quality is amazing, I was shocked when I saw your subscriber count.

@SwedishSinologyNerd Жыл бұрын

You’re much too kind! I still have a lot to learn about making videos. Hopefully my skills will improve to provide you all with more niche Chinese content ^^

@cheese9533 Жыл бұрын

so how do all of the radicals in 猫 relate to cat?

@SwedishSinologyNerd Жыл бұрын

貓 is from 豸 "(feline) beast" (Ma Xulun suggested it's the original character for cat, which would make it phonetic in 貌 but I digress) and 苗 phonetic, the word itself is likely onomatopoeic, although some commentators claimed that 苗 is also signific ("a beast hiding in grass" or even "a beast with short fur (that resembles grass sprouts)"), the modern standardized character 猫 replaces 豸 with 犭"dog" which is another common radical for any beast (though originally only dog-looking beasts, including simians). Hope this helps!

@cheese9533 Жыл бұрын

oh ok, thanks! that was really helpful!

@equilibrum999 Ай бұрын

can thou once do video about 字 that 武则天 created?

@SwedishSinologyNerd Ай бұрын

I have a half-finished script on the Zetian characters on my hard drive, but I have a couple of other videos that I wanna get out first before going back to work on that video, so might be a while ^^;