You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Walk (chuò)
Character: Qiu
Kangxi Stroke Count: 14
Page 1257, Entry 16
Tang Dynasty Dictionary (Tangyun): Pronounced qiu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qiu.
Explained Text and Characters (Shuowen): To gather or accumulate. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes of the Kingdom: To serve as a gathering point for the people.
Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): A match, to join. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou South: A good match for the gentleman. History of the Former Han (Qianhan shu), Biography of Yang Xiong: Seeking a partner.
Also, Supplement to the Dictionary (Zihui bu): Equivalent to the variant form qiu.
Approaching Classics (Erya), Explanations of Teachings: To be qiu is to be ju. Commentary: Qiu means to be urgent or pressing. Ju means to be exhausted.
Also, the name of a deity to whom sacrifices are offered. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices: Such figures as Zhu Bu, Zhu Yan, and Zhu Qiu, among over one hundred shrines.
Textual Research: Approaching Classics (Erya), Explanations of Teachings: To be qiu is to be ju. Note: Qiu means to be urgent or pressing. Ju means to be exhausted. In accordance with the original text, the note has been corrected to refer to the sub-commentary.