Chen Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Tree (mù)
Entry: 櫎
Kangxi stroke count: 19
Page 559, Entry 31
Pronounced huang (falling tone) according to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun). It shares the same pronunciation as the character for brilliant light.
According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to a device used to support objects. Another view suggests it refers to a curtain-frame, a type of screen, which is the same as the character for a lamp-screen.
In the Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu) by Zuo Si, it is written: The rooms and latticework face the cross-beams. Li Shan notes that this term is a general name for doors, windows, and porches. Xu Xuan states that writing it as the character for a canopy is incorrect.
Also, according to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), it refers to a rack for weapons.
According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced kuang (falling tone). It refers to the crossbar on the feet of a ritual sacrificial meat stand.
According to the Categorized Compilation (Leipian), pronounced guo (falling tone). The meaning is the same.
According to the Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), it is also identical to the character for horizontal.