速

Pronunciation
Five Elements
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes14 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation
Five Elements
Fortune Auspicious
Radical
Simplified Strokes 10 strokes
Traditional Strokes 14 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 1258
View Original Page 1258
You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) 速 Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 1258, Entry 10 Ancient text: Guangyun (Guangyun), Jiyun (Jiyun), and Zhengyun (Zhengyun) define it with the pronunciation su; Yunhui (Yunhui) defines it with the pronunciation su. According to the Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen Jiezi), it means fast or urgent. Mencius (Mengzi): The King quickly issued an order. Also, according to the Yupian (Yupian), it means to invite or summon. Book of Changes (Yijing): Three uninvited guests arrive. Book of Odes (Shijing): Invite all the elders. Also, su-su describes an appearance of not being close or intimate. Songs of Chu (Chuci): One keeps oneself distant and does not draw close to me. Also, interchangeable with a variant form. Su-su refers to being vulgar, base, or shallow. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): The vulgar, base petty people rub shoulders. Commentary: Su-su refers to vulgar, base petty people. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), it is written with a variant character. Also, according to the Zhengyun (Zhengyun), the tracks of a deer are called su. Stone Drum Inscriptions (Shiguwen): The tracks of the deer are su-su. The ancient seal script is written as a variant form. The character su is under the Radical: Walk (chuò). Textual research: Songs of Chu (Chuci): Nine Songs (Jiuge), reading "My own person is su-su and does not draw close to me." According to the original text, Nine Songs (Jiuge) should be corrected to Nine Laments (Jiutan).

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