殿 · Zhang Zhi (v3)
殿 (diàn, 4th tone) is a hall that was never meant to be one. 《說文·殳部》: 殿，擊聲也。从殳㞡聲 — ‘the sound of a blow’, 殳 being a hand weapon. Duan Yucai adds it flatly: 此字本義未見，假借爲宮殿字 — the original sense is unattested; the graph was borrowed for the pal $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart