旒

Information about character(s)

Radical: 方
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 13
Variants: 旈

Pronunciation

Pinyin: liú
Cantonese: lau4
JapaneseKun: HATAASHI
JapaneseOn: RYUU
Korean: LYU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: fringes of pearls on crowns

CE-Dict: tassel

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a silk string used to hold a piece of jade hung on ancient ceremonial caps
2.a colored streamer hung on a flag

康熙字典文字版 【卯集下】【方字部】旒
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤力求切，音劉。【玉篇】旌旗垂者。【類篇】旌旗之旓。【詩·商頌】爲下國綴旒。【傳】旒，章也。【箋】旌旗之垂者也。　又冕旒，以絲繩貫玉，垂冕前後也。【禮·玉藻】天子玉藻十有二旒。【註】天子以五采爲旒，旒十有二。　又【韻補】叶力救切。【皮日休·補九夏歌】何以樂之，金石九奏。何以賜之，龍旂九旒。　【集韻】或作斿旈。

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