Si Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Cow (niú)
Character: Calf
Kangxi Strokes: 19
Page 704, Entry 01
Pronounced du (rising tone).
Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The young of a cow. Composed of the radical for cow and the phonetic component mai.
Erya (Approaching Elegance): The young are called calf.
Book of Rites (Liji): Sacrificial animals, colts, and calves are recorded in the count.
Also, in Book of Rites (Liji): When the Son of Heaven visits a feudal lord, the lord provides a meal featuring a calf.
Also, in Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on River Canals: The river breached at the Mingdu Mouth in Qinghe. Annotation by Shigu: This refers to the Mingdu River mouth in Ling County of Qinghe.
Also, in Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Geography: Sangdu County in Beihai Commandery. Duhe County in Yunzhong Commandery.
Textual Research: Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Geography: Du County in Beihai Commandery; Duhe County in Yunzhong Commandery. We have carefully added the character Sang before the text for Du County in accordance with the original text.