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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’ (phonosemantic), the number of completion (all ten fingers): an accomplished man of substance (cf. 壮). | 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). | ||
| − | + | “[士] Officer (military or civil); scholar, gentleman” —Karlgren(1923). | |
Compare: 大() dà big (man with arms extended wide), which as the lid of 壶/壺(𡔲) is wr. 士 in modern forms. | Compare: 大() dà big (man with arms extended wide), which as the lid of 壶/壺(𡔲) is wr. 士 in modern forms. | ||
Note: In 士 shì the upper horizontal line is longer than the lower. | Note: In 士 shì the upper horizontal line is longer than the lower. | ||
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