Yin Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Step (chì)
Kangxi stroke count: 9
Page 176, Entry 03
Ancient form. Pronounced hou.
Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Characters): To be slow or late. Composed of the step radical, the small component, and the go component; this represents being behind. Xu Kai states: The small component signifies stumbling.
Yupian (Jade Chapters): Front and back.
Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Before and after.
Book of Odes (Shijing): It did not begin with me, it did not end with me.
Also refers to heirs or descendants.
Book of Rites (Liji): A child is the successor of the parents.
Book of Documents (Shujing): Leave a model for your descendants.
Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Commentary): Will Zangsun Da have descendants in the state of Lu?
Also, according to Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes), it is a surname.
Also, according to Yunhui (Rhyme Collection), a connective particle meaning afterwards.
Also, pronounced hou (falling tone).
Zengyun (Additional Rhymes): To be behind someone, not daring to go first, to put oneself after others, or to put this after that.
Laozi (Tao Te Ching): Those who put themselves behind are put first by others.
Analects (Lunyu): Serve the ruler with respect for the task, and put personal gain after.
Also, Book of Odes (Shijing): I speak of those who come before and after. The commentary states: Leading others before and after is called following.
Guangya (Broad Refinement): The wives of brothers are called sisters-in-law (xianhou).
Book of Han (Hanshu): The spirit-lord was a woman from Changling who died in childbirth and appeared to the sisters-in-law, Wan Ruo. The commentary notes: Wives of brothers address each other as sisters-in-law (xianhou); in ancient times they were called younger/older sisters-in-law. Now, the custom in the Guanzhong region refers to them as sisters-in-law, while in the Wu and Chu regions, they are called sisters-in-law (zhouli).
Also, rhyming with hou (rising tone).
Yang Xiong, Zhao Chongguo Painting Eulogy: During the Han restoration, Chongguo performed martial deeds. Valiant and vigorous, he also continued his legacy.
