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Ts'un was originally composed of 子 tzŭ child as radical and 才 ts'ai, and meant to ask compassionately after. It is now used in the sense of to preserve, to put on record.

Chih see.

T'i is composed of 骨 ku bones as radical, and a common phonetic. It means the body, to embody, form, shape, style, etc. [Eitel is wide of the mark with, "And preserved the rules of controlling personal conduct," thus making chih govern t'i. The idea of course is that the promulgation of a definite system put an end to anomalies by securing fixity of procedure.]

Ta see.

Hsiao see.

Tai was originally composed of 異 i strange, with a phonetic pronounced ts'ai, and meant to increase things by dividing them. It now means to uphold, to wear on the head, and is classed under radical 戈 ko a spear, but is here a surname. [The two Tai were cousins, and both of them distinguished scholars of the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C.]

Chu is composed of 言 yen words with 主 chu master as phonetic. The latter character originally meant the wick of a candle, now