Character Info
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Meeting Minutes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| IRG #62 2024-03-20 (Wed) 10:41 am +0800 Recorded by CHEN Zhuang | no change. |
Attribute Changes
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 7.0 | For 03133, add Discussion Record "No change, IRG 62." |
Glyph Changes
| Source Reference | Glyph |
|---|---|
| UK-20421 |  1.0 |
Raw Info
| group | UK |
| a) Source reference | UK-20421 |
| b) PUA Code of TTF | F3DA |
| c) KangXi Radical Code (Primary) | 121.0 |
| d) Stroke Count (Primary) | 5 |
| e) First Stroke (Primary) | 2 |
| f) Secondary KX Radical Code | N/A |
| f) a. Secondary Stroke Count | N/A |
| f) b. Secondary First Stroke | N/A |
| g) Total Stroke Count | 11 |
| i) IDS | ⿰缶央 |
| j) Similar/ Variants | N/A |
| k1) References to evidence documents | 《藝文類聚》（明嘉靖胡纘宗刊本）卷39 folio 7 |
| k2) Images Filenames | UK-20421-001.jpg |
| l) Other Information | N/A |
| m1) Previous IRG WS | N/A |
| m2) Sequence No. | N/A |
Review Comments
▲ 藝文類聚（中華再造善本影印宋紹興刊本）卷39 folio 7
▲ 藝文類聚（上海古籍出版社，1999）
The text is from 淮南子, a popular alternative text is 缶.
From the original text 「扣甕拊⿰缶央相和而歌」, we can learn that ⿰缶央 is very likely a percussion instrument because you can strike it when you are singing.
According to 爾雅疏, 「盎謂之缶。孫炎云，缶，瓦器，郭云，盆也。詩陳風云，坎其擊缶，則缶是樂器」. 爾雅 defines 盎 as 缶. Both 盎 and 缶 are instruments.
▲ 爾雅疏（四部叢刊景印宋刊本）卷6 folio 6b
I think ⿰缶央 is a variant of 盎. The phonetic component of ⿰缶央 should be 央, and according to 說文: 「盎, 从皿央聲」, the radical is shifted from 皿 to 缶. Because 盎 is 缶 according to 爾雅, ⿰缶央 is a reasonable variant. Although it looks like 缺, it is definitely not a misprint of 缺 since 缺 is never an instrument in the historical context. This also explains why the popular alternative text of ⿰缶央 is 缶.
The alternative text 缻 is also okay because 缻 is also a variant of 缶, according to KX dict:【集韻】缶或从瓦作缻.
I suggest 㼜 as the semantic variant with the following reasons:
1. 㼜 refers to the earthenware meaning of 盎
2. It is not to be confused with modern usage of 盎 such as 生機盎然
3. It shares the phonetic component 央 with ⿰缶央
4. The radical 瓦/缶 is often interchangeable