Chinese[edit]
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to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate
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Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
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trad. (修德/脩德)
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修/脩
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德
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simp. (修德)
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修
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德
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(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "脩德".)
Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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修
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德
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xiū
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dé
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sjuw ›
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‹ tok ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s-liw/
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/*tˁək/
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English
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adorn
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virtue
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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修
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德
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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15475
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17266
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Phonetic component
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攸
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直
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Rime group
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幽
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職
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Rime subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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脩
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德
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Old Chinese
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/*slɯw/
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/*tɯːɡ/
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修德
- (literary, intransitive) to cultivate virtues