SuGoiSuす語彙す碩
碩: great
great; eminent; large
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Literary; almost only in 碩学 (せきがく, a great scholar) and 碩儒 (せきじゅ). Also a given name read ひろし.
Key words
碩学せきがくgreat scholar
碩儒せきじゅeminent Confucian scholar
碩ひろしHiroshi (given name)
Example sentences
その碩学は、古代史について何十冊も本を書いた。
That eminent scholar wrote dozens of books on ancient history.
江戸時代には、各地の藩に碩儒と呼ばれる学者がいた。
In the Edo period, each domain had scholars known as eminent Confucians.
息子の名前は碩といって、「ひろし」と読みます。
My son's name is written 碩 and read "Hiroshi".