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Meaning of 牖

Pinyin yǒu

Radical

片

Strokes

Definition

enlighten / lattice window

Usage

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牖 [yǒu] 〈名〉 1. 窗户. Window. - 窗户：～户. 蓬～茅椽. Window: ...window. Thatched window beams. 【本义】: 窗户【Original Meaning】: Window 【造字法】: 会意。从片户甫. 片，锯开的木片，“户”指窗. 先秦多用牖，窗少见. 【Character Composition】: Ideographic. Composed of "片" (a sawn piece of wood) and "户" (referring to a window). In pre-Qin texts, "牖" was commonly used; "窗" was less common. 【引】 1. 《说文》：牖，穿壁以木为交窗也. 段注:“交窗者，以木横直为之，即今之窗也. 在墙曰牖，在屋曰窗。” "Shuowen": 牖 means a window made by penetrating a wall with wood. Duan's comment: "A window made with wood arranged horizontally and vertically refers to today's window. On the wall, it is called '牖', while inside a house, it is called '窗'." 2. 《诗·召南·采》：宗室牖下. "Book of Songs, Xiaonan: Beneath the window of the royal family." 3. 《隋唐演义》：众美人把四周窗牖俱开. "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties: The beautiful women opened all the windows around." 4. 汉· 贾谊《过秦论》：然陈涉瓮牖绳枢之子. "Han Dynasty - Jia Yi 'On Passing the Qin': Yet Chen She was the son of a well's window and rope pivot." 5. 明· 归有光《项脊轩志》：扃牖而居. "Ming Dynasty - Gui Youguang 'Record of the Xiangji Pavilion': Residing with the window locked." 6. 清· 方苞《狱中杂记》：牖其前以通明. "Qing Dynasty - Fang Bao 'Miscellaneous Notes from Prison': The window in front is opened to let in light." 【例】又如: 牖下(家中) For example: Beneath the window (at home).

窗牖 chuāng yǒu

Window