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胥

Xū

Meanings

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Xū
  1. 1.surname Xu
xū
  1. 1.all
  2. 2.assist
  3. 3.to store

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.officer who was responsible for capturing thieves
  2. 2.all
  3. 3.mutually
  4. 4.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sŋa, *sŋaʔ): phonetic 疋 (OC *ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ) + semantic 月 (“flesh”)

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Components

胥疋月

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Derived terms

儲胥储胥吏胥抄胥村胥淪胥沦胥胥吏胥命胥役胥徒胥濤胥涛胥爢胥紕胥纰胥靡胥頭胥头華胥华胥鈔胥钞胥閭胥闾胥隸胥隶胥靈胥灵胥

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Related words

胥吏 low-level government official (in former times)吏胥 minor official赫胥黎 Huxley (name)伍子胥 Wu Zixu (–484 BC), Chu-born strategist for Wu. After the King of Chu executed his family, he fled to Wu and masterminded Wu's invasion of Chu (506 BC), destroying its capital in a campaign that doubled as personal vengeance.奥尔德斯·赫胥黎 Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), British novelist and author of "Brave New World" 美丽新世界[Měi lì Xīn Shì jiè]