公
/kʊŋ⁵⁵/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•public; communal · fair; equitable · to make public; to announce
Etimoloji
The traditional interpretation as given by Han Feizi is that 公 is a compound of 八 (= 背 (“to deviate; opposite”)) and 厶 (original form of 私 (“individual; private”)), i.e. the opposite of “private” — “public”. This theory is supported by Sun Yirang and Qiang Kaiyun, despite the somewhat different shape of the bottom component from 厶. This is disputed in modern times by Gao Hongjin, who thinks that…