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one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏[gāo xīn shì]

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is a proper noun referring to Diku, one of the legendary Five Emperors in ancient Chinese mythology, and rarely appears outside historical or genealogical contexts. The traditional form combines the component (meaning 'to learn') on top with ('to tell') below, but the simplified character replaces the complex upper part with the much simpler , while retaining at the bottom. This abbreviation is largely symbolic and does not follow standard phono-semantic character construction rules.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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