Xu Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Metal (jīn)
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Kangxi stroke count: 16
Page 1310, Entry 01
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced chui. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chui. Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhui.
Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Eight zhu in weight.
Huainanzi (Huainanzi): Even if one cuts the zi and chui of the state to serve others.
Commentary: Six liang make a zi, and double the zi is called a chui. Note: This differs from the definition in the Shuowen Jiezi.
Jade Chapters (Yupian): A weight for a balance scale.
Expanded Glossary (Boya): A balance weight is called a chui, so named because its shape hangs down (chui).
Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Sometimes written in a variant form (chui).
Expanded Glossary (Boya): To be heavy.
Yangzi Dialect Dictionary (Fangyan): To be heavy. In the region of East Qi it is called dian, in Song and Lu it is called chui.
Commentary: Chui is pronounced chui.
Also synonymous with hang (chui).
Yangzi (Taijing): A weight made of a jade ring.
Also a person's name. Former Han History (Qian Han Shu): Sent Huang Chui and Shi Kuanshu to receive their methods.
Commentary: Both were practitioners of esoteric arts (fangshi). Chui is pronounced chui.
Also the name of a county. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Marquis of Chui, Lu Tong.
Suoyin Commentary: The name of a county. Belonged to Donglai.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced zhui. Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhui.
A weight for a balance scale.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Bureau, Record of Trades (Kaogongji): Used as a balance weight to establish measurement.
Explanatory Text (Shiwen): Chui is pronounced zhui. Liu reads it as zhui.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chui. Meaning is the same. Also signifies a sideward intention.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhui.
A forged implement.
Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi): Just between the furnace and the hammer.
Commentary: The furnace is a tool for cooking things; the hammer is a tool for forming things.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced chui.
Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced sui. Meaning is the same.