Why's 舟 (boat, ship) the semantic component of 般 (sort, kind, class) ?

scherzo · 2022-01-07T05:02:42+0000

How does 舟 (any boat, barge, ship) semantically appertain to 般 (sort, kind, class)? What semantic notion underlies them? Their meanings feel unrelated to me! 漢語多功能字庫 Multi-function Chinese Character Database 略說: 甲骨文從「凡」從「攴」。「凡」象側立的盥盤之形，是「槃」、「盤」的象形初文。後增「攴」旁作。金文「般」訛為從「舟」從「殳」。盥盤之義後來以「槃」或「盤」表示。

By scherzo
January 7, 2022 at 05:02 AM in Vocabulary, idioms, word lists . . .

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