Xu Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Mound (fù)
Kangxi stroke count: 16
Page number: 1354, entry 12
Tang Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun), Jiyun, Yunhui, Zheng Yun: Fanqie spelling hù ān qiè, hū ān qiè; pronounced xiàn.
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Uneven. Also said to be to fall or collapse.
Yupian: To fall into the ground, to sink, to collapse.
Book of Changes (Yijing), Xu Gua: Strong and firm, not sinking.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Guan Fu: In battle, often breaks through strong defenses.
Also in Discourses of Zhou (Guoyu), Lu Yu: Zifu Jingbo warned the steward, saying: "If one falls into excessive deference..." The commentary states: "Like making a mistake."
Yupian: Also written as 錎 (xiàn, a variant form).
Jiyun: Same as 埳 (kǎn, meaning a pit or hole).
Pianhai: Also written as a variant form pronounced xiàn.