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Buddhist temple; court; monastery; office; poem; temple |
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Go 之 with the hand (originally 又): to support; serve |
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持 apparently retains the original meaning of this character – most characters in which this is phonetic have to do with the idea of serving or waiting upon; this character came to mean that which is supported: court or temple |
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