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(literary) ability and wisdom; scheme; stratagem

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(traditional ) is a phono-semantic compound: the speech radical / points to words, discussion, or intellect, and the component gives the sound. The character conveys knowledge, wisdom, and the capacity for clever planning, a mental acuity marked by careful consideration, articulate reasoning, and foresight. It is an obscure literary term found mainly in classical texts on statecraft, personal wisdom, or strategy, rather than in modern vocabulary.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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