chú

篨

Character · Noun

coarse bamboo mat; used in 籧篨

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

coarse bamboo mat; bamboo strips woven into matting

archaic

In modern Chinese, this character appears almost exclusively in the compound 籧篨 (qúchú), referring to an ancient coarse bamboo mat used for holding grain or for sitting. The character is rarely used independently and is considered archaic or technical when encountered outside of the compound.

Qú籧
chú篨
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
gǔ古
dài代
de的
cū粗
zhú竹
xí席
 ,
cháng常
yòng用
lái来
shèng盛
fàng放
gǔ谷
wù物
 。

Quchu was a type of coarse bamboo mat used in ancient times, often for holding grain.

Gǔ古
rén人
xí席
dì地
ér而
zuò坐
 ,
huò或
yǐ以
chú篨
wéi为
xí席
 。

Ancient people sat on the ground, sometimes using chu mats as seating.

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Jiàn见
 《
Xiàn现
dài代
Hàn汉
yǔ语
Cí词
diǎn典
 》
11271
yè1
Qú2
chú7
 页
 【
 籧
 篨
 】
 。

See page 1127 of the Modern Chinese Dictionary under 'quchu'.