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hua | This type of glyph seems to be a composition based on an arm with a kind of fruit (hua) hanging down, formed as the prolongation of the thumb. | |||||||||
A few preliminary remarks and imaginations: 1. The hua thumb belongs to the left hand. A fruit is not only a source of nutrition but it is also the vessel for next generation. Therefore a left hand is more appropriate than a right hand. Left is the side of the heart, and since right is connected with the light of reason ('I see'), personified by sun, the left hand must be associated with moon and autumn. The 'back side', tu'a, of the year is when the fruits, hua, become important. But they originate from the 'front side'. Sun is necessary to make them ripen. If sun should be the originator, we can expect the 'son' to be in his image. However, there are complications. In the summary at hoea (a word quite similar to hua) a few of these have been hinted at:
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