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Chinese
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worthy (person)
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‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
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| trad. (賢者)
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賢
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者
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| simp. (贤者)
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贤
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者
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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賢
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者
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xián
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zhě
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ hen ›
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‹ tsyæX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁi/
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/*tAʔ/
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| English
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worthy
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(nominalizing particle)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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賢
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者
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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1337
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16960
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Phonetic
component
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臣
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者
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Rime
group
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眞
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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賢
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者
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡiːn/
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/*tjaːʔ/
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| Notes
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說文古旅聲。甲金文象足印小坎積水，
爲瀦初文，用詹鄞鑫說
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Noun
賢者
- (literary) a person of high moral character; a person of talent; a worthy
勿耨茶在海中。作石磚高房，城郭堅美。其國無君主而國治，每年大家眾人選賢者管事，事畢則為平人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
勿耨茶在海中。作石砖高房，城郭坚美。其国无君主而国治，每年大家众人选贤者管事，事毕则为平人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: 《方輿勝略》, 1610
- Wùnòuchá zài hǎizhōng. Zuò shí zhuān gāo fáng, chéngguō jiān měi. Qí guó wú jūnzhǔ ér guó zhì, měinián dàjiā zhòngrén xuǎn xiánzhě guǎnshì, shì bì zé wèi píngrén.
- Venice is in the middle of the sea. It has tall buildings of stone brick, and its fortifications are sturdy and beautiful. The country has no monarch, but is yet at peace; every year, the great families and common people choose a wise person to be in charge, and once his work is finished he returns to being a commoner.
Descendants
Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 賢者 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
賢者 • (kenja)
- a wise man; a sage
Derived terms
Vietnamese
Noun
賢者
- chữ Hán form of hiền giả.