朕
/ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•omen; sign; portent (subtle signs before an event occurs; incipient state) · I; me; my (general first-person pronoun used by anyone regardless of status, pre-Qin Dynasty) · I; my; We (reserved for use by the emperor or empress dowager since the Qin Dynasty)
Etimoloji
Simplified from 𦩎 (舟 → 月) Oracle-bone forms depict a 舟 (zhōu) (“boat”) beside two hands holding a rod-like object. In 合集 (héjí) 20610, a variant shows one hand holding the object, which overlaps with the prow of the boat. The graph may be transcribed as ⿰舟尹, and has been identified with 朕 (OC *lrəŋh). The graph may be interpreted as an ideograph for 乘 (OC *mləŋ) (“to mount; to ascend; to board”).…