How to write 罅

罅 [xià] 1. 缝隙，裂缝。 1. Crack, fissure: 云～. (cloud fissures) 石～. (stone crack) ～缝. (fissures) ～隙. (gaps) ～漏 (fissures, metaphorically referring to loopholes in matters). 2. 【本义】: 裂，开裂。 【Original meaning】: to crack, to open. 3. 【造字法】: 形声。从缶( fǒu)，虖( hū)声。缶，瓦器。 【Character composition】: Phono-semantic compound. It consists of the radical 缶 (fǒu - a pottery vessel) and the phonetic 虖 (hū). 引: 1. 《说文》：罅，裂也。朱骏声曰:“烧缶善裂，即考工旊人所谓薜也。” Yǐn (Quotation): "In Shuowen, it states: '罅 means crack.' Zhu Junsheng mentions: 'Burning pottery is good at cracking, which is what the craftsmen refer to as 薜.'" 2. 《老残游记》：当中还罅着几寸宽一个空当儿。 Yǐn: "In the middle there is still a gap about several inches wide." 3. 《徐霞客游记》：如合掌，中罅。 Yǐn: "Like putting the palms together, there is a crack in the middle." 例: 又如: 罅裂(开裂); 罅发(爆裂;开裂) Example: Such as 罅裂 (to crack) ; 罅发 (to burst; to crack). 名 [xià] (noun) 1. 裂缝;缝隙 ([En.] crack) 1. Fissure; gap (crack). 引: 宋· 苏轼《石钟山记》：徐而察之，则山下皆石穴罅。 Yǐn: "In the 'Record of Shizhong Mountain' by Su Shi, it is stated: 'Looking closely, there are stone holes and cracks everywhere at the foot of the mountain.'" 2. 清· 姚鼐《登泰山记》：多松，生石罅，皆平顶。 Yǐn: "In 'Record of Climbing Mount Tai' by Yao Nai: 'There are many pines, creating stone gaps, all with flat tops.'" 例: 又如: 罅穴(缝隙和漏洞); 罅洞(缝隙和漏洞); 罅隙; 罅缝 Examples: Such as 罅穴 (gaps and loopholes); 罅洞 (gaps and loopholes); 罅隙 (gaps); 罅缝 (fissures). 2. 漏洞 ([En.] loopholes) 引: 王守仁《处置平复地方以图久安疏》：姑且修弊补罅，休劳息困，以与久疲之民相安。 Yǐn: "Wang Shouren in 'Handling Local Affairs for Lasting Peace' states: 'Let us repair the shortcomings and fill in the loopholes, to relieve the exhausted people.'" 例: 又如: 罅缺(缺漏) Example: Such as 罅缺 (deficiencies).