Si Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Water (shuǐ)
測
Kangxi strokes: 13
Page 635, Entry 01
Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced cè
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui): Pronounced cè
Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced cè
Pronounced cè
Explanation from Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): The extent to which depth reaches.
Jade Chapter (Yupian): To measure depth is called cè. Also, a general term for measuring or estimating.
Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Statements (Xici): That which the yin and yang cannot measure is called spirit.
Also: Clear.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Offices, Artificers Record (Kaogongji): In the making of bows, the lacquer should be clear.
Also: cè cè, describing the sharpness of a blade.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zhou (Zhousong), Good Plowshares (Liangsi) Commentary: cè cè means the same as cè cè.