noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) ability and wisdom
  2. 2 (classical) a scheme; a stratagem

Examples

Cǐ rén yǒu cái xū, kě wěi yǐ zhòngrèn.
This man has both ability and wisdom and can be given great responsibility.

Tips

history
is not used independently in modern Chinese. It is a rare classical word for cleverness or a stratagem, found only in old texts. The phonetic is , which also reads xū in 胥吏 (petty clerk).
register
Archaic and literary only, found in old texts and etymology notes, not in everyday speech.

Components

radical
yán
speech; words
is the speech radical in left-side form. Cleverness and schemes are expressed through words, so the word-radical fits.
phonetic
minor official; all
supplies the sound xū. The same phonetic appears in 婿 (son-in-law).

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