Pinyin: [cáo]
Explanation:
Trough, pronounced cáo, originally means a rectangular or square larger container for holding things. It is extended to a utensil used to hold feed for livestock, a trough-like thing, or a concave part with raised sides and a concave object in the middle.
Interpretation of ancient books:
Kangxi Dictionary
Kangxi strokes in the wooden part of Chenji: 15 strokes outside the part: 11
"Tang Yun" 》Yesterday Laoqie "Ji Yun" "Yun Hui" "Zhengyun" Cai Laoqie,? Yin Cao. "Shuowen" The food utensils of animals. "Jade Chapter" A manger. "Book of Jin: Chronicles of Emperor Xuan" states that three horses eat in the same trough.
It is also the name of soft wood. "Huainanzi·Lunxun" states that the grooved spear has no impact, and the repaired halberd has no thorn. "Note" groove, soft wood. No strike, no iron blade.
Also known as wolfberry trough, the name of the fruit. "Essentials of Qi Min" states that wolfberry trough is as big as a finger, is red, and has a sweet taste.
Stone troughs and sandalwood troughs are also pipa troughs. "Kaiyuan Legacy" He Huaizhi was good at pipa. Use the stone as a trough. "The Empress of the Tang Dynasty: Poem on the Pipa" The heavenly fragrance leaves the phoenix tail, and the remaining warmth is in the sandalwood trough.
It is also a wine trough and a wine shop. "Li He·Jianjin Wine Poetry" The wine drops in the small trough are really red.
It is also called a tea trough or a tea basket. "Fan Chengda's Poetry on the Beginning of Spring in the Song Dynasty" the sound of medicine and pestle in the tea trough.
Another "Yun of the Tang Dynasty" was written by Cao Qie's "Ji Yun" by Zang Cao Qie. The sound was affected. Hua is half as real as he is.