宍

Pronunciationròu
Strokes7 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation ròu
Five Elements 0
Fortune
Radical
Simplified Strokes 7 strokes
Traditional Strokes 7 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 282
View Original Page 282
Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Roof (bù) 宍 Kangxi stroke count: 7 Page 282, Entry 18 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): This is the ancient form of the character for meat. Comprehensive Refinements (Tongya): Originally written as the following character. Huainan Masters (Huainanzi), Original Way Teachings (Yuan Dao Xun): If the desire for meat is absent from within, one may follow a starving tiger by the tail. Commentary: The desire for meat refers to self-attachment to one's own body. The character here is the ancient form of the character for meat. According to the Great Dark (Taixuan), the number is five; five represents earth, which represents food, which represents meat. Records of Wu and Yue (Wuyue Chunqiu), Ancient Filial Son, Ballad of the Pellet (Tangé): Cut the bamboo, join the bamboo, fly the clay, pursue the meat. Composed of the roof radical and the number six.

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