劣

Pronunciationliè
Five Elements
Strokes6 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation liè
Five Elements
Fortune None
Radical
Simplified Strokes 6 strokes
Traditional Strokes 6 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 146
View Original Page 146
Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Power (lì) Character: luò; Kangxi Strokes: 6; Page Number: 146, Entry 17 In Tangyun (Tángyùn) and Zhengyun (Zhèngyùn), pronounced from lì chuò qiē. In Jiyun (Jíyùn) and Yunhui (Yùnhuì), pronounced from lóng chuò qiē. The sound is liè. According to Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen), it means weakness. It is composed of Power (lì) and Small (shǎo). Xu Kai (commentator) says it is a semantic-semantic compound (huìyì). According to Guangyun (Guangyun), it means mean, small, or few. From Yangzi Fayan (Yángzi Fǎyán): "Are those with crooked countenances inferior to those with upright countenances?" Also, liè means thin or meager; it describes something barely sufficient or lacking. From Book of Song (Songshu), Biography of Liu Huaizhen: "His son Dewang was skilled at driving chariots. He would often set up two pillars, making the space between them just barely wide enough for a chariot axle to pass through. He would then drive the oxen at a gallop, passing straight between the pillars." According to Jiyun (Jíyùn), it is also written in a variant form.

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