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王聖美治字學，演其義以為右文。古之字書，皆從左文。凡字，其類在左，其義在右。如木類，其左皆從木。所謂右文者，如『戔』，小也；水之小者曰『淺』，金之小者曰『錢』，歹之小者曰『殘』，貝之小者曰『賤』。如此之類，皆以『戔』為類也。

仛

swallow - 燕 (*qeːns) / 乙(鳦) (*qriːd)，to swallow - 嚥(咽) (*qiːns, *qiːd)
pupil - 童, 瞳 ("so called from the tiny image one sees of himself reflected in the eye of another")
/Chinese etymology