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sǒu

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sǒu
  1. 1.old gentleman
  2. 2.old man

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.old man; old gentleman
  2. 2.Term of address for an elderly man: sir

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Etymology

Originally 叜. Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 (“roof; house”) + 火 (“fire”) + 又 (“hand”) – hand holding a torch in the house – original form of 搜 (“to search”). Since the clerical script, the top components 宀 and 火 have merged into the unrelated 𦥔.

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