杼 Stroke Order

杼 [zhù] 1. 织布机上的筘，古代亦指梭。 Meaning: The reed on a loom; in ancient times, also refers to the shuttle. 2. 薄，削薄，减削。 Meaning: Thin, to pare down, to reduce. 3. 同本义 (shuttle). Meaning: Refers to the same original meaning (shuttle). 4. 土木工程中的泥工。 Meaning: A bricklayer in civil engineering. 引文： 1. 《说文》：杼，机之持纬者。今以梭为之。 Quote: "According to 'Shuo Wen', 'zhu' refers to the holder of the weft on the loom, which is now called a shuttle." 2. 《诗·小雅·大东》：杼柚其空。 Quote: "From 'The Book of Songs, Lesser Odes', the shuttle and the loom create emptiness." 3. 《后汉书·列女传》：此织生自蚕茧，成于机杼。 Quote: "From 'The Book of the Later Han, Biographies of Exemplary Women', this weaving is grown from silkworm cocoons and completed on the loom." 4. 《战国策》：一人又告之曰:“曾参杀人!”其母惧，投杼逾墙而走。 Quote: "In 'Strategies of the Warring States', one person told another: 'Zeng Shen killed someone!' His mother feared and threw the shuttle over the wall and ran away." 例： 又如: 杼柚 (the shaft of the loom; shuttle and reed; metaphor for the organization and conception of poetry and prose); 杼梭 (the shuttle of the loom; referring to weaving). 古同 【芧】。 Meaning: In the ancient context, also refers to the oak tree; also refers to acorns.