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Word Components Pinyin Meanings
竹冓 gōu 1. bamboo basket; bamboo frame; bamboo cage
1. Simplified form of 簽
2. Simplified form of 籤
xiāng 1. (large) box; chest; trunk
      - carrying a great box of things
2. box-shaped thing
3. Alternative form of 廂 (side room)
1. plan; scheme; strategy
2. (literary) to plan; to scheme
3. (historical) bamboo or wooden strips used for writing on in ancient China
     (syn, zh, , 簡策, 簡冊)
4. (historical) a kind of emperor's edict
5. (historical) a type of essay in ancient China, used in imperial examinations where questions on political or economic affairs were set
6. (historical) a kind of computing tool in ancient China, on which the multiplication table was written for multiplication, division or extracting the square root during the Qing dynasty
7. (historical) spur
8. (literary) to spur; to whip; to urge with a horsewhip
9. (literary) cane; walking stick
10. (calligraphy) upward horizontal stroke (the fifth of the Eight Principles of Yong)
11. (Chinese astronomy) Gamma Cassiopeiae
jiàn 1. (archery, weapons) arrow
2. type of bamboo
竹由 1. flute
2. whistle
1. Simplified form of 籟
zuǎn 1. to edit; to compile
2. topknot; chignon
3. Alternative form of 纘 (to inherit; to continue)