Shen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Insect (chóng). Character: Qiu. Kangxi strokes: 8. Page 1076, Entry 24.
Pronounced qiu (rising tone).
As defined in Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a dragon with horns.
As stated in Verses of Chu (Chuci), Questions of Heaven: Where are there hornless dragons and horned dragons, carrying bears to roam?
As stated in Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Great Man: Yoked to red dragons and blue dragons, they twist and coil.
Also, pronounced jiu. The meaning is the same.
Also, pronounced jiu.
As stated in Wang Yanshou, Rhapsody on the Hall of Numinous Light in Lu: The soaring snakes and horned dragons coil around the rafters.
Also, rhyming at the end of a line, pronounced qiu (rising tone). As stated in Li You, Rhapsody on the Pingle Pleasure Tower: It is said that there are immortals riding sparrows, their forms twisting like horned dragons. Riding donkeys, galloping and shooting, while foxes and rabbits flee in terror.
Textual research: In the citation of Wang Yanshou, Rhapsody on the Hall of Numinous Light in Lu, the author name Wang Yi has been corrected to Wang Yanshou in accordance with the original text.