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Kanji Detail for 觚 - "goblet, corner, wooden tablet, rule, alone"
觚
- Meaning
觚 means "goblet, corner, wooden tablet, rule, alone."
Goblet - An ancient ceremonial cup holding two sheng.
Corner - An angle; an edge.
Wooden tablet - A writing board.
Rule - A regulation.
Alone - Single; solitary.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
cup
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
jug, winecup, goblet; square
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
goblet; rule; law
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
jug, goblet; rule, law
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An ancient wine vessel. Holds two sheng. Appears in the Analects commentary. Another says holds three sheng. Appears in "Rites of Zhou." | Edges and corners. Such as six corners is called 六觚. Eight corners is called 八觚. Appears in "Book of Han." Also 破觚為圓 (breaking corners to make round) means changing from square to round, not being rigid. From "Records of the Grand Historian." | Bamboo tablets. Ancients used them to write characters. Therefore referring to someone writing hastily is called 率爾操觚 (rashly taking up the tablets). From "Lu Ji's Rhapsody on Literature."
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