The scholar Yan Chu of Qi appears in the Strategies of the Warring States.
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斶 has essentially no use in modern Chinese — it survives only in the name of 颜斶, the proud Qi scholar of the Strategies of the Warring States, known for the line 士贵，王不贵 ('the scholar is noble, the king is not'). The Hanshu writes the same name as 颜歜.
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Classical and onomastic only — encountered solely in this historical name and etymology notes, never in modern speech or writing.
斤 the axe radical on the right is the indexing radical. It contributes no meaning here — the character exists essentially only to write this one historical name.
