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and thanks for showing my the true etymology. Super interesting.
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Yeah, I tried to make that clear (but perhaps I did not) when I said the way I 'imagined' it which is useful as a strategy to employ, particularly as a second language learner.
The book I started learning Mandarin with [Tuttle] emphasizes this approach and I believe if you look at modern dictionaries today, the character does utilize those components from the 'field' radicle.
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You are spot on with the meaning break down. 自由 has a literal meaning of "self reason". And a person who do things for "self reason" is free.
It's doesn't have anything to do with entering and leaving the field. 由 existed way back.
https://m.stacker.news/44048
And it did not resemble 田.
https://m.stacker.news/44049
Nice reasoning though.