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<WL>秀 [xiù] excellent/outstanding (优秀); 秀才 talented scholar; 秀丽 beautiful/handsome, 秀美 graceful/elegant; flower, produce seed/fruit (苗而不秀, 秀而不實) | <WL>秀 [xiù] excellent/outstanding (优秀); 秀才 talented scholar; 秀丽 beautiful/handsome, 秀美 graceful/elegant; flower, produce seed/fruit (苗而不秀, 秀而不實) | ||
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 秀(秂) xiù ‘flower/bear (excellent/outstanding) seed/fruit’ combines 禾() hé ‘grain’ | The Shuōwén Seal form of 秀(秂) xiù ‘flower/bear (excellent/outstanding) seed/fruit’ combines 禾() hé ‘grain’, and 乃/人() rén ‘person’ (cf. 仁 rén ‘kernel’): within every grain/seed/fruit is the potential flowering of a fruitful/wise person/ruler (DYC: …凡果實中有人…; cf. 米); cf. 秃(禿) tū ‘bald/bare’. | ||
Note: In Shuōwén both the gloss and seal form of this character were omitted in the E. Hàn dynasty text, by taboo (避讳) on an ancestral Hàn imperial name (漢世祖名) 劉秀, cf. (DYC:) 祜. | Note: In Shuōwén both the gloss and seal form of this character were omitted in the E. Hàn dynasty text, by taboo (避讳) on an ancestral Hàn imperial name (漢世祖名) 劉秀, cf. (DYC:) 祜. | ||
“The seal has 九 instead of 乃: a 九 ninefold 禾 harvest: rich crop, flourishing” —Karlgren. | “The seal has 九 instead of 乃: a 九 ninefold 禾 harvest: rich crop, flourishing” —Karlgren. | ||
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