窬

Pronunciation
Five Elements
Strokes14 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation
Five Elements
Fortune
Radical
Simplified Strokes 14 strokes
Traditional Strokes 14 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 867
View Original Page 867
Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cave (xué) 窬 Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 867, Entry 01 Pronounced yu. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Graphic Components): To cut a hole in a wooden door. Also defined as being empty inside. Also refers to carving a board to serve as a door. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): A small hole at the side of a door. Book of Rites (Liji): A door made of brambles and a small aperture shaped like a jade tablet. Annotation: A small door beside a main door, made by piercing a wall, shaped like a jade tablet. Analects (Lunyu): Thieves who bore through walls and dig under doors. Annotation: Refers to digging a hole through a wall. Also pronounced tou. Same meaning. Also pronounced dou. Same meaning. Also pronounced dou. Refers to low-lying or deep-set terrain. Also Zihui Bu (Supplement to the Collection of Characters): A vessel used for urine and excrement. Meng Kang states: A toilet utensil.

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