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energetic; exalted; magnanimous

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combines the human radical on the left, indicating a person-related meaning, with the phonetic on the right. It almost exclusively describes a free-spirited, elegant, and unconstrained temperament. The character rarely appears alone; it pairs with to form 倜傥, a compound adjective used in literary contexts to denote an easygoing, unconventional, and independent nature.

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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