Wu Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Vessel (mǐn)
Kangxi strokes: 16
Page 794, Entry 15
True Meaning Dictionary (Zhengzitong): This is the common variant form of the character for cover. The ancient form of the character for cover is...
Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced gu (rising tone).
Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced gu (rising tone). It is read similarly to the character for beg. It means a covering made of thatch.
Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): In the fourteenth year of Duke Xiang, it is recorded: Your ancestor Wuli wore a covering made of thatch.
Commentary: A covering made of white thatch is called a shan, which is currently known in the region east of the Yangtze River as a cover.
It also carries the meaning of to conceal.
Book of Documents (Shujing): It says: You should conceal the errors of your predecessors.
It also carries the meaning of to cover over.
Guan Yinzi (Guanyinzi): It says: Its height is such that nothing can cover it.
It also refers to a carriage canopy.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): It is recorded: The wheelwright makes a carriage canopy to symbolize the heavens, measuring ten feet in height.
It is also used as a modal particle.
Book of Odes (Shijing): It says: Why is heaven so high, why is earth so thick.
Also, Guangyun: Pronounced he (falling tone). It also refers to a thatch covering.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): It records: People in the Qingzhou and Qi regions call a cattail mat a cattail cover.
It is also interchangeable with the character for why not.
Book of Rites (Liji): It says: Why did you not tell your thoughts to the Duke?
Also, Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ge (entering tone). It is the name of a place.
Mencius (Mengzi): It is recorded: The King of Qi sent Wang Huan, the grand officer of Ge city, to travel as a deputy envoy.
Commentary: Ge is a small city in the state of Qi.
History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu): It is recorded: Belonging to Taishan Commandery, Ge County.
It is also a surname.
History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu): It is recorded: I heard there was a Master Ge in Jiaoxi who was skilled in the study of Huang-Lao philosophy. There was also a man named Ge Kuanrao, whose courtesy name was Cigong, from Wei Commandery.
Also, Rhyme Supplements (Yunbu): Pronounced ji (falling tone). It rhymes with the following.
Song Yu: High Tang Rhapsody (Gaotang fu): It writes: With rainbow banners as signal flags, with kingfisher feathers as carriage canopies, they rest when the wind rises, and in an instant, they are far away a thousand miles.
