Taxonomy of meanings for 俠:　　

  • 俠 xiá (OC: ɡeeb MC: ɦep) 胡頰切 入 廣韻：【任俠又姓戰國䇿有韓相俠累 】

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    說文解字: 【俠】，俜也。从人、夾聲。 【胡頰切】

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    • KNIGHT

      1. The current standard word for a knight is xiá 俠.

      2. Jiàn 劍, when used to refer to a sword-bearing knight, focusses on his formidable weapon.

      3. Yóu xiá 游俠 refers to a strong, brave, and honest knight-errant.

      4. Since many knights-errant were from the states of >Zhào and Yàn, these were later called Zhào kè 趙客.

      5. As many knight-errants were strong, they were polite designation was háo kè 豪客.

      6. As knight-errants were respected for helping the poor they were politely referred to as zhǎng zhě 長者. DATE?