楹

Pronunciationyíng
Five Elements
Strokes13 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation yíng
Five Elements
Fortune
Radical
Simplified Strokes 13 strokes
Traditional Strokes 13 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 542
View Original Page 542
Chen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Tree (mù). Kangxi stroke count: 13. Page 542, Entry 09. Pronounced yíng. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) defines this as a pillar. Xu Kai notes that the term implies a state of pillars standing opposite one another. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: Large are those pillars. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), 23rd Year of Duke Zhuang: Painted the pillars of the Huan Palace. Also, in the Book of Rites (Liji), Royal Regulations, commentary on the桓楹 (huan ying) specifies that this refers to the system for lowering a coffin for feudal lords. Also, jie ying refers to being smooth and polished. Chu Ci, Divination: Would you be smooth and sycophantic, like grease or soft leather, in order to polish the pillars? Sometimes also written in a variant form, or also written as tīng.

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