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(Kangxi radical 66, +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木中人大 (DLOK), four-corner 58940, composition)

  1. an imperial order or decree
simp. and trad.
alternative forms "to admonish" nonstandard𠡠 nonstandard erroneous "to admonish" nonstandard𠡠 nonstandard erroneous𢽟 erroneous𠡁 erroneous𠡅 erroneous

| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ------ | | | *tʰɯɡ | | | *tʰɯɡ | | | *tʰɯɡ | | | *tʰɯɡ | | | *tʰɯɡ |

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): + (“a stick in hand that represents authority”) – to warn. The left component, according to Zhang Shichao (張世超), is the contraction of . In the Small Seal script, it was sometimes written as .

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  1. (literary) (from superior to subordinate) to admonish; to command
  2. (specifically, historical, since Northern and Southern dynasties) imperial decree
  3. (historical) to appoint; letter of appointment
  4. (Taoism) command inscribed on a paper talisman; to chant an incantation of command
  5. (Classical) in detail; clearly
  6. a surname
  7. Alternative form of / (chì, “to regulate; to organize; prudent”)

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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(chik) (hangeul , revised chik, McCune–Reischauer ch'ik, Yale chik)

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敕: Hán Nôm readings: sắc

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