Si Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Dog (quǎn)
11 strokes
Page 711, Entry 30
Jade Chapters (Yupian) says pronounced xia. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) says pronounced xia (rising tone).
Jade Chapters (Yupian) says this is the same as the character for intimate (xia). Now used to mean wide or narrow.
Book of Documents (Shujing): Do not be broad yourself and narrow toward others.
Explication of Texts (Shiwen): Narrow (xia), pronounced xia (rising tone).
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) says pronounced xia (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) says pronounced xia (entering tone).
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) says narrow or tight.
Book of Rites (Liji): The great principles of rites are based on whether a territory is broad or narrow.
Explication of Texts (Shiwen): Narrow (xia), pronounced xia (entering tone), also pronounced xia (rising tone).
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): I see that what he holds is narrow, yet what he desires is extravagant.