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zhuó

Meanings

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zhuó
  1. 1.outstanding
Zhuó
  1. 1.surname Zhuo

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.tall and erect
  2. 2.outstanding; profound; brilliant; lofty
  3. 3.a surname

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) of a child (子) with a type of flag (ㅏ) on its head. (Ji Xusheng, 2004). According to Zhang Shichao (張世超), the character represents a man (ㅏ) standing in a higher position on an altar illuminated by the sun (昜). An ancient variant of the character is 㔬. The child (or the altar) is now written in a way similar to 早 in the modern script. Derivative: 桌 (OC *rteːwɢ, “table”).

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