Hai Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Hair (biāo)
Kuai
Kangxi Stroke Count: 16
Page 1454, Entry 15
Pronounced kuo
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Originally written as a different form, meaning to clean hair.
Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Section on Funeral Rites for Scholars: The host has hair in a knot and bared shoulders.
Commentary: To have hair in a knot means to remove the hairpin and headcloth and tie the hair up.
Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Sometimes also written in a variant form (kuai). Commonly written as kuo.
Pronounced huo
Meaning is the same.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Official, Artificer's Record: Regarding all works of pottery, those that are uneven, cracked, or damaged shall not enter the market.
Annotation: Zheng Sinong says: Kuai should be read as kuo. Kangcheng says: Kuai should be read as yue.
Commentary: Yue refers to vessels that are not upright or are skewed.