戇

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
“Stupid”. Attested abundantly in Old Chinese, but obsolete in modern varieties. Compared with Proto-Mon *trɔɔʔ (> 🇨🇬) by.

Definitions

 * 1)  stupid and honest; simple
 * 2)  blunt and tactless

Etymology 2
Dialectally preserved word for “stupid”, attested since Middle Chinese. Relationship to Etymology 1 is unknown.

Compare Proto-Central Chin *ŋoŋ (“dull, stupid”) > 🇨🇬, Proto-Tai-Kadai *ŋV:ŋ.T (“stupid”) > 🇨🇬, as well as 🇨🇬 > 🇨🇬).

suggests that this root may have entered Old Southern Chinese during the period of its early contact with Tai-speaking peoples in southern China.

Definitions

 * 1)  stupid; foolish; simple; simple-minded
 * 2)  stubborn; bull-headed
 * 3)  frank; honest; straight
 * 1)  stubborn; bull-headed
 * 2)  frank; honest; straight
 * 1)  frank; honest; straight