檠

Information about character(s)

Radical: 木
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 16
Variants: 𢐧

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qíng, jìng
Cantonese: king4
JapaneseKun: YUDAME TOMOSHIBI TAKATSUKI
JapaneseOn: KEI
Korean: KYENG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: stand for lamp; frame for bow

CE-Dict: instrument for straightening bows

康熙字典文字版 【辰集中】【木字部】檠
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤渠京切，音擎。【說文】榜也。【唐韻】所以正弓。或作𢐧。通作㯳。【詩·秦風】竹閉緄縢。【釋文】弓檠曰䩛。【周禮·冬官·考工記·弓人註】內之檠中。【淮南子·修務訓】弓必待檠，而後能調。　又借作燈檠字。檠，架也。韓愈有短檠歌。　又【唐韻】居影切【集韻】【韻會】舉影切，𠀤音景。義同。　又【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤渠敬切，音競。檠子，疉名。【類篇】有足所以几物，卽隔子也。【前漢·地理志】朝鮮民飮食以籩豆。【師古註】以竹曰籩，以木曰豆，今之檠也。
考證：〔【詩·秦風】竹閉緄縢。【箋】弓檠曰䩛。〕　謹照原文箋改釋文。