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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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