Hai Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Fish (yú)
Character: Qiu
Kangxi strokes: 20
Page 1474, Entry 32
Pronounced qiu.
According to the Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters), it is a type of loach.
According to the Guang Yun (Broad Rimes), it is a fish name. It appears in the second month.
According to the Zheng Zi Tong (Collection of Correct Characters), the loach lives in the shallow mud of low-lying fields. It resembles an eel but is shorter, with a pointed head, yellow-black color, and a slimy body surface that is difficult to grasp. It burrows in the mud and mates with other fish.
Erya, Explanation of Fishes: The xi fish is the qiu. Annotation: This refers to the modern loach. Commentary: It lives in holes within the mud.
Zhuangzi, Discourse on Making All Things Equal: Is the loach like this?
Phonetic and Semantic Annotation: Qiu is a fish name.
Xunzi, The Enrichment of the State: Soft-shelled turtles, alligators, fish, loaches, and sturgeon breed in their respective seasons and form groups.
Ji Yun (Collection of Rimes): Sometimes written as a variant form (qiu).
Also refers to the sea-qiu. The Shui Jing (Classic of Waterways) states: The sea-qiu fish is thousands of miles long and lives in caves on the ocean floor. When it enters the cave, the tide rises; when it leaves the cave, the tide recedes.
Also refers to a ship name. Song Shi (History of the Song Dynasty), Biography of Yu Yunwen: The government forces used sea-qiu ships to attack the enemy.
Also refers to a personal name. Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo), 10th Year of Duke Xiang: Shi Qiu. Annotation: Shi Yu.
Pronounced qiu.
The meaning is the same.
Also used as a variant of the word qiu (to tread or press).
Zhuangzi, Autumn Floods: To trample upon me is to be able to overcome me.
Phonetic and Semantic Annotation: Qiu means to trample. Also written as a variant form (qiu).
Xunzi, Strength of the State: The powerful Yan state presses upon us from behind. Annotation: Qiu means to press or compel. It is like treading and pushing from behind.
