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The character 儒 is a phono-semantic compound with the radical 亻 (person) on the left and the phonetic component 需 on the right. It originally referred to a scholar or ritual expert, sometimes with an implication of physical frailty compared to martial figures. After Confucius and the rise of his school, its meaning narrowed to denote a Confucian scholar or the ideology of Confucianism. The phonetic element 需, meaning "need", does not contribute to these scholarly or philosophical senses.
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他学习儒学。
儒家思想很深刻。
这位儒生很用功。
儒雅是一种风度。
儒商注重诚信经营。
儒学在中国历史上很重要。
儒将既能文也能武。
儒家文化对东亚社会有深远影响。