Chou Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Big (dà)
Kangxi Strokes: 7
Page 250, Entry 07
Pronounced jia. To support on the left and right. Book of Documents (Shangshu), chapter Many Regions: Why do you not assist me, the King of Zhou? Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), twenty-sixth year of Duke Xi: To assist King Cheng. Also, to draw near. Book of Documents (Shangshu), chapter Timber for Construction: To cherish and soften distant lands means to draw near. Commentary: To cherish and soften distant lands means to draw near. Also, to hold concurrently. Lu Wen, Eulogy for Di Renjie: Secretly conferring the five dragons, flying while clasping the sun. Also refers to Buddhist scripture folders. Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance (Zizhitongjian): During the Tang dynasty, Emperor Yizong set up a lecture platform in the palace, personally chanted scriptures, and manually transcribed Buddhist scripture folders. Also refers to pincers or clamps, and metaphorically to cunning, firm speech. Liu Zongyuan, Petition for Skill: As firm as a pair of pincers.
Pronounced jia. Beside, or to grasp. A type of bow, see Notes to the Summer Official in the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli). A bow with a body that curves outward more and inward less is called jia. Also refers to a sword named Jia. Tao Hongjing, Record of Swords and Blades: Kong Jia of the Shang dynasty collected iron from Mount Niushou to cast a sword, with the inscription Jia.
Pronounced xie. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means clever or quick-witted.
Also a surname. Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Arts and Letters: There is the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Jia family.
Also the same as narrow. Book of the Later Han (Houhanshu), Treatise on the Eastern Barbarians: Eastern Woju, its land is narrow from east to west and long from north to south.
Six Writings on Correcting Errors (Liushu Zheng’e): Composed of two people and a simplified element. Two people facing each other and supporting under the elbows, the meaning is to clasp or support.
