Great comment! OP here. Yeah, I agree with you that it is analogous to comparing oranges with apples. I'm quite a beginner in classical Chinese. It took me some

Great comment! OP here. Yeah, I agree with you that it is analogous to comparing oranges with apples. I'm quite a beginner in classical Chinese. It took me some time to go through various sources and learn about origins of the two characters. I was aware that classical Chinese works rather differently from the modern languages that "borrow" lexical items from it and it would be inadequate to give only a brief history on certain usages of the lexical items, but getting in-depth in the discussion is way beyond my current capabilities (and I would like to keep the post short - after all it is meant to be more of a “web log” type of thing that I take some time to do everyday). Some day I will definitely look into Sanskrit and other languages that I’m least familiar with and examine how the idea of understanding is expressed, in the endeavor to understand what is understanding. I’m been trying to look for books on such topic too. I don’t think one that really expatiates on that exists. If I have the time I’d love to do some extensive research and (after having gained arcane knowledge and great insight) write one!