Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Turban (jīn) Character: 幬 Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 338, Entry 14 Pronounced chóu According to the Shuo Wen Jiezi (Shuowen), a single-layered curtain. According to the Erya (Erya), Shixun chapter, a curtain is called a chou. Note: Nowadays in the regions east of the Yangtze River, a curtain is also called a chou. Song Yu, Goddess Rhapsody (Shennü Fu): Drawing back my curtains to request service, wishing to pour out the sincerity of my heart. Also refers to carriage curtains. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on Ritual: The plain-colored curtain of a grand carriage. Note: The Suoyin commentary says it refers to the carriage cover using plain-colored curtain fabric. According to the Lei Pian, leather that wraps the wheel hub of a carriage. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Officers, Artificer's Record (Kaogongji): Requiring that it be wrapped with distinct corners. Pronounced dào According to the Guangya, chou means to cover. Book of Rites (Liji), Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong): Just like heaven and earth, there is nothing it cannot bear, nothing it cannot cover. Pronounced táo The meaning is the same. Pronounced chú Widow's Rhapsody (Guafu Fu): Quietly closing the door and no longer sweeping, the spirit is lonely and stays secluded. Whitewashing the vermilion gates with white clay, and changing the curtains for plain-colored chou. Textual verification: The Erya, Shiqi chapter, states that a curtain is called a chou. I have corrected the reference from Shiqi to Shixun in accordance with the original book.