"厶" meaning in Chinese

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Character

Forms: For pronunciation and definitions of 厶 – see 私 . . Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China [canonical], and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong [canonical], and Taiwan. [canonical], “self [romanization], private [personal], selfish [personal], etc.” [personal]
Etymology: Ideogram (指事) – revolving around oneself – original character for 私 (“selfish; private”). According to Han Feizi, which was referenced in Shuowen: 古者蒼頡之作書也,自環者謂之厶 [MSC, trad.] 古者苍颉之作书也,自环者谓之厶 [MSC, simp.] Gǔzhě Cāngjié zhī zuò shū yě, zì huán zhě wèi zhī sī [Pinyin] In olden times, when Cangjie invented the system of writing, a self-encircling element was designated as the character for “private”. Compare 公 (“public”). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|指事|tr=-}} 指事, {{categorize|zh|Han ideograms}}, {{liushu|i}} Ideogram (指事), {{zh-l|*私|selfish; private}} 私 (“selfish; private”), {{zh-x|^古者 ^蒼頡{jié} 之 作 書 也,自 環 者 謂 之 厶{sī}|In olden times, when Cangjie invented the system of writing, a self-encircling element was designated as the character for “private”.}} 古者蒼頡之作書也,自環者謂之厶 [MSC, trad.] 古者苍颉之作书也,自环者谓之厶 [MSC, simp.] Gǔzhě Cāngjié zhī zuò shū yě, zì huán zhě wèi zhī sī [Pinyin] In olden times, when Cangjie invented the system of writing, a self-encircling element was designated as the character for “private”., {{zh-l|*公|public}} 公 (“public”)
  1. Tags: Macau, Malaysia, no-gloss, personal
    Sense id: en-厶-zh-character-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): CJKV simplified characters, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, Elementary Mandarin, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of CJKV simplified characters: 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 0 0

Character

Forms: For pronunciation and definitions of 厶 – see 某 . . [canonical]
Etymology: Simplified from 牟 (elimination of 牛) Etymology templates: {{Han simp|牟|f=牛|t=}} Simplified from 牟 (elimination of 牛)
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-厶-zh-character-47DEQpj81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): CJKV simplified characters, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, Elementary Mandarin, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of CJKV simplified characters: 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 0 0

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