Si Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Water (shuǐ)
漼
Kangxi stroke count: 15
Page 648, Entry 03
Pronounced cui (rising tone).
Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): To be deep.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: There is a deep pool. Sometimes written in a variant form.
Also means bright and fresh. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bei: The New Tower is bright and fresh. Han Poetry (Hanshi) writes this as cui.
Also the appearance of tears falling. Lu Ji, Essay Mourning Emperor Wu of Wei: Pointing to Jibao, one sheds tears.
Also the appearance of decay. Cui Yin, Rhapsody on Consoling the Ambition: The principles of the kingly way are decaying and declining.
Also the appearance of breaking. Fu Yi, Rhapsody on Dancing: Collapsing and breaking.
Also a river name. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shan Hai Jing): Huang River, also called Cui River.
Also pronounced cui (level tone).
Cuiwei: The appearance of snow and frost accumulating. Sometimes written in a variant form.
Proofreading note: Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: There is a deep pool. Sometimes written in a variant form as cui. Note: The character cui has no connection to cui. According to the Rhyme Collection (Jiyun), it has been corrected to cui.