WHOLE CHARACTER
队
line; row; team; measure word: line of people
队 lines people up: 排队 'queue up', a 队员 'team member', and the 队长 'captain'.
ZDIC: 形声，左形右声 — the left ear carries the meaning, 人 was the old sound.
Character Familiesleft / right
队
line; row; team; measure word: line of people
队 lines people up: 排队 'queue up', a 队员 'team member', and the 队长 'captain'.
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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
left / right
ZDIC: 形声，左形右声 — the left ear carries the meaning, 人 was the old sound.
MEANING: THE LEFT MOUND-EAR 阜 — HILL/GROUND
阝
mound/step-hill (阜, the LEFT ear); city/place (邑, the RIGHT ear)
A bound radical form with two shapes: the left ear from 阜 (as in 院), the right ear from 邑 (as in 那, 部). Not a standalone page.
In 队: meaning: the left mound-ear 阜 — hill/ground The left-ear form comes from 阜.
OLD SOUND SIDE: 人 (RÉN)
人
person; people
Repeated in 众.
In 队: old sound side: 人 (rén) Modern duì does not sound like rén; treat the old sound side as history.
Tone 4
- line; row
- team
- measure word: line of people
- 排队to queue up
- 队员team member
- 队长captain
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