Additional information about 翕
說文解字: 【翕】，起也。从羽、合聲。 【許及切】
- Criteria
- STRETCH OUT
1. The current general word for stretching things so as to make them reach out longer is shēn 伸 (ant. suō 縮 "pull in").
2. Yán 延 (ant. tuì 退 "retract" and perhaps shōu 收 "contract") refers to the stretching out of something in one distinct direction.
3. Zhǎn 展 (ant. juǎn 卷 "roll up, fold up") specifically refers to the stretching out of things in several directions at the same time.
4. Shū 舒 (ant. juǎn 卷 "roll up, fold up") is rather marginal in this group and refers specifically to reaching or spreading out in several directions without necessarily remaining continuous in the process.
5. Shū 攄 (ant. xì 翕 refers to the (often abstract) expansion into a new area.