奉
Meanings
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- 1.to offer (tribute)
- 2.to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc)
- 3.to esteem
- 4.to revere
- 5.to believe in (a religion)
- 6.to wait upon
- 7.to accept orders (from superior)
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Wiktionary
- 1.to offer (tribute)
- 2.to receive
- 3.to serve
- 4.to respect
- 5.(Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 奉 (MC bjowngX)
- 6.a surname
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Etymology
Originally phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *boŋʔ): phonetic 丰 (OC *pʰoŋ) + semantic 廾 (“two hands”)， hence the original version is 𠬻. 手 (“hand”) was later added at the bottom, and the original character was corrupted into 𡗗. Related to 舉.
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
他们把他奉为领袖。
They looked up to him as their leader.
他的父親把一生奉獻給了科學。
His father dedicated his life to science.
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Derived terms
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