哲
Meanings
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- 1.wise
- 2.a sage
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Wiktionary
- 1.wise, sagacious
- 2.wise man, sage
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Etymology
In bronze script, written as 悊 (zhé) and other variants, with no evidence of the existence of 哲 (zhé) until small seal script. In 說文解字／说文解字 (Shuōwén Jiězì), described as a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔl'ed): phonetic 折 (OC *l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) .
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我想成爲哲學家。
I wanted to become a philosopher.
我在大學主修哲學。
I majored in philosophy in college.
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Derived terms
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Related words
哲学 philosophy哲思 philosophical reflection; contemplative philosophical thought李哲 Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗[Táng Zhōng zōng] (656-710), reigned 705-710先哲 the wise and learned individuals of the past马哲 Marxist philosophy赫哲 Hezhen ethnic group哲理 philosophic theory圣哲 sage哲人 wise man哲蚌寺 Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet李远哲 Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986肇俊哲 Zhao Junzhe (1979-), Chinese football player