Si Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Dog (quǎn)
16 Kangxi strokes
Page 718, Entry 21
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xu, same pronunciation as yu. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Means frenzied. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Describes a state of panic and haste. Book of Rites (Liji), Section on the Evolution of Rites (Liyun): When the phoenix is domesticated, birds will not flutter away. Commentary: Xu, the appearance of flying. Sub-commentary: Xu, refers to being startled and flying away. Textual Explanation (Shiwen): Yu, the character is also written as xu. Pronounced xu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Originally written as yu. Also written as the variant form. Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced yu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yu, same pronunciation as yu. Meaning is the same. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Refers to a wild beast running. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced yu, same pronunciation as yu. Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on Sweet Spring (Ganquan Fu): Striking the demons and lashing the frenzied. Commentary: Meng Kang says: Xu-kuang, these are evil spirits. Yan Shigu says: Xu, pronounced yu.