Talk:本字

usage note rewrite

@Metaknowledge The problem is that a so-called 本字 can be highly disputable or dubious (咗#Etymology_1); the search for a 本字 is fundamentally grounded in the belief that a morpheme has a secret ancient history lying undiscovered in old texts. —Suzukaze-c (talk) 04:08, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Words ≠ concepts. Someone can misapply the concept and still be using the word in the same exact way as you. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 04:30, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

@Metaknowledge: I think I get what you mean, but what really stands out to me is "but are derived from morphemes that do have characters"; this reads as if this is universally accepted, when it cannot possibly be true (even for Mandarin). —Suzukaze-c (talk) 03:26, 1 March 2021 (UTC)