I CHING LEXICON li4 R#:18 R: Strokes:5,7 Wade/Giles:li4 Freq:154 (derived) (aggr.) profit, benefit, advantage Fenn: Sharp, clever, gain, interest. Legge, To sharpen. li4kou3 , sharpness of speech. (2) Gain, profit;-- rather in a mean sense. Beneficial arrangements, profitableness, profitable. (3) To get the benefit of. To benefit. To desire. Wieger: #52F: To cut dao1 the corn he2; reaping hook; hence, sharp, acute. Derived, the harvest, the acquisition of the year; hence, gains, profit, interest on money. Wilder: #709. H1 H1 L2 H1 L5 H1 COTD H1 WY H1 WY H1 WY H1 L2 WY H1 L2 WY H1 L5 WY H1 L6 WY

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