硕人
A person of scale
硕人其颀，衣锦褧衣。
The tall lady, wearing brocade over a plain gown.
诗经 · 硕人
· our translation
This poem describes a duke's bride. 硕人 is not "fat" but tall and of large presence.
《诗经·硕人》写卫庄公夫人庄姜。「硕人」不是「胖」，是身形高硕、气象大。名字用「硕」，取的就是这个。
硕人之宽
Room to be at ease
考槃在涧，硕人之宽。
He builds his hut by the stream; the great man is at his ease.
诗经 · 考槃
· our translation
A poem about withdrawal from office. 硕 pairs with 宽: the breadth here is in the man, not the place.
「考槃」写隐居。「硕人」与「宽」并举——宽是胸怀，不是地方；这一层的「硕」是气度。
苗之硕
What actually grows
人莫知其子之恶，莫知其苗之硕。
No one knows the faults of his own son, nor how sturdy his own seedlings have grown.
大学 · 大学
· our translation原文作「碩」
A proverb quoted in the Great Learning: we cannot see our own child's faults, nor our own crop's strength.
《大学》引谚语：人看不见自己孩子的毛病，也看不见自家苗长得壮。「硕」在这里是长得实。
硕果硕学硕人硕文硕远硕之鸿硕
In a name
Scale with substance inside it — not a big reputation, a full one.
「硕」是体量与充实：不是名声大，是里面有东西。