Mao Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Square (fāng)
Kangxi strokes: 11
Page 484, Entry 02
Pronounced ni (rising tone)
Pronounced ni (rising tone)
Pronounced ni (rising tone)
Pronounced ni (rising tone)
Yini, the appearance of flags and banners fluttering in the wind.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Yini, following the wind.
Annotation: Yini means graceful and yielding.
History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Gan Quan Rhapsody by Yang Xiong: The banners and streamers are fluttering and rippling.
Annotation: Yini refers to the form of the ribbons hanging from the flags as they flutter.
Also, History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Yang Xiong: Riding upon the rainbow, undulating and rippling.
Annotation: Yini describes the appearance of the clouds.
Also, Songs of Chu (Chuci), Nine Arguments: Profuse and fluttering in the central chamber.
Annotation: Yini means luxuriant.
Also, Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced ni (level tone).
Also, pronounced na (falling tone).
Sometimes written in a variant form. The meaning is the same.
Also, Rime Supplement (Yunbu): Pronounced he (rising tone).
Seven Admonitions (Qijian) by Dongfang Shuo: I pull up the mushrooms, and plant the taro and lotus. The orange and pomelo trees wither and decay, while the bitter plums are tangled and drooping.
The character originally written with square (fang) and participate (can) as components.