Wei Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Rice (mǐ)
Kangxi Strokes: 11
Page 907, Entry 37
Pronounced cu.
In the Extensive Dictionary (Guangyun), it is defined as large, brief, sparse, or of poor quality.
Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling) states: The vessels were tall and coarse.
Record of Music (Yueji) states: In those whose hearts are moved by anger, the sound is coarse and harsh.
Zhuangzi, Autumn Floods (Qiushui) chapter states: The coarseness of things.
Also pronounced cu. The meaning is the same.
In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written as a variant form (cu). It is also commonly used interchangeably with the form (cu). The popular form is (cu). The original structure of the character is composed of rice and deer.
Textual corrections: In the Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music (Yueji), for the passage regarding hearts moved by anger, the character for its has been added before anger in accordance with the original text.