士
/ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•unmarried male; bachelor · general; high-ranking military officer · soldier; noncommissioned officer
Etimoloji
Pictogram (象形) – a war axe. Later, it took the meaning of "soldier" and eventually "officer, intellectual". Partly related to 王 since in at least two characters it should represent a ritual axe, perhaps made of jade: in fact, it is related to 圭 and 金 despite their appearance. ;"bachelor, man, male" :*Reminiscent of Austroasiatic synonyms like Old Khmer si (“male”) or MK words for "man, male" like…