锤

Pronunciationchuí
Five Elements
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes16 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation chuí
Five Elements
Fortune Auspicious
Radical
Simplified Strokes 13 strokes
Traditional Strokes 16 strokes
Traditional Form錘,鎚

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 1310
View Original Page 1310
Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) 锤 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.

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