Wei Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Bamboo (zhú)
Shu
Kangxi strokes: 21
Page 903, Entry 39
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced shu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced zhu. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced shu.
Classified Chapters (Leipian): Sixteen dou is called a shu.
Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): Outside the gate were thirty carts of rice, with five shu per cart.
Commentary (Shu): Ten dou are called a hu, sixteen dou are called a shu, and ten shu are called a bing.
Also, a jushu is a bamboo vessel.
Book of Han (Qianhanshu), Biography of Dongfang Shuo: A jushu is used when carrying a basin of goods on one's head; it is used as a cushion and is shaped like a ring.
Also, Biography of Yang Yun: Does not allow for a hole, holding a jushu.
Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced qu. Meaning is the same.
Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced jiao. A jushu is a small four-legged table.
Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced sou. To cook or boil. Another interpretation is a bamboo vessel for washing rice.