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<WL>士 [shì] scholar; 博士 Ph.D; 女士 lady, Ms.; 战士 soldier; (radical 33, 士部)@@; (HDZ:) (古) 未婚的青年男子; … | <WL>士 [shì] scholar; 博士 Ph.D; 女士 lady, Ms.; 战士 soldier; (radical 33, 士部)@@; (HDZ:) (古) 未婚的青年男子; … | ||
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| − | The Shuōwén Seal form of 士() shì ‘(unwed adult male) doer/completer of deeds/duties’ (事) begins below with 一 yī ‘one’, and ends above with 十() shí ‘ten’ (the number of completion). | + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 士() shì ‘(unwed adult male) doer/completer of deeds/duties’ (事) begins below with 一 yī ‘one’, and ends above with 十() shí ‘ten’ (phonosemantic), the number of completion (all ten fingers): an accomplished man of substance (cf. 壮). |
Note: SW puns on 事() shì ‘official duties/rank’ in glossing 士 shì; these are homophones in OC reconstructions (GSR), or nearly so (Baxter); in MC they differed in tone (at least). | Note: SW puns on 事() shì ‘official duties/rank’ in glossing 士 shì; these are homophones in OC reconstructions (GSR), or nearly so (Baxter); in MC they differed in tone (at least). | ||
“Officer (military or civil); scholar, gentleman” —Karlgren(1923). | “Officer (military or civil); scholar, gentleman” —Karlgren(1923). | ||
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