圭
Meanings
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- 1.jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies
- 2.sundial
- 3.(ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck
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Wiktionary
- 1.jade pointed at top
- 2.jade tablet used by officials when addressing the emperor in court
- 3.gui (type of ancient Chinese sundial)
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形): 士 + 士 – two ritual axes, perhaps made of jade, one on top of the other. Duplication of 士. Stylized into but unrelated to 土; according to folk etymologies, it's a reduplication of the character 土.
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