脩

Concrete: Dried meat, specifically sliced into long strips; historically used as a form of currency or remuneration (e.g., payment for teachers).

Abstract: To stretch, extend, repair, or cultivate (including study and moral refinement).

Measurement: Physical length or duration of time.

When functioning as a noun, the glyph typically refers to sustenance or payment. When functioning as a verb, it generally denotes cultivation, repair, or study.

In early texts, this glyph is frequently interchangeable with 修, particularly in contexts involving ethics, governance, or scholarship.

Fanqie reading: 息流; Tang-period reading: *siou.

Avoid over-translating the "teacher's payment" aspect unless the passage explicitly concerns remuneration; while historically specific, it is a narrow application of the concrete sense.