You Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Cowrie (bèi)
Character: She
Kangxi stroke count: 14
Page 1208, Entry 01
Pronounced she.
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To buy on credit.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of the Earth, Minister of Markets: To use the treasury to gather and lend goods on credit. Note: If one lacks goods, one borrows on credit; it is given through credit.
Also, categorized writings (Leipian): One meaning is distant.
Wang Bo, Eulogy for Grand Duke Encountering King Wen: Although the city gates are near, the winds and clouds are still distant.
Also, Sea of Characters (Pianhai): Often used by people to describe that which is slow or delayed.
Also equivalent to extravagant (she).
Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Zhongchang Tong: Dress elegantly and warn against exhaustion and extravagance. Note: Extravagant (she) is the same.
Also, rhymes with ge.
Xie Lingyun, Rhymeprose on Sensing the Times: Observing the kinds of things until they reach the self, I lament that crossing arms is not slow. Measuring the great longevity or perhaps its haste, I point to the Yanzi Mountains in the west.
General Explanation of Characters (Zhengzitong): The common variant is written using the character for surplus (yú).