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Main meanings: ①city, town. |
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Etymology:
Elements ---- Closed place 口 + a person sitting on his knees巴. Phonetic series 邑.
Place encircled by a wall 口where people live. 巴 was a kneeling person, as people seated in old China. This is a radical (simplified as 阝) that forms part of characters related to cities, always found on the right. When 阝 is found on the left part of the character it is simplified from阜 fù mound, though sometimes it is used denoting a place.Main Words:
采邑càiyì fief.
城邑 chéngyì cities and towns.Discussion and sources
Most of the authors agree with this interpretation, some of them only stress that it must be considered a city, and administrative area, or in general, any defined settlement where people live.
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