峽 Stroke Order

峽 (xiá) [名] 1. A waterway between two mountains (often used as a place name). For example: 三峽 (Three Gorges); 巫峽 (Wuxia); 三門峽 (Sanmenxia). In the work “文選•左思〈蜀都賦〉”, it says: “經三峽之峥嶸.” (A waterway between two mountains, often used in geographical names. E.g., Three Gorges; Wuxia; Sanmenxia.) 2. Referring to the space between two mountains. For example: 峽谷 (gorge). In “淮南子•原道”, it mentions: “逍遥于廣澤之中，而仿洋于山峽之旁.” (Refers to the space between two mountains. E.g., gorge.) 3. Same as “陝”, meaning narrow or constricted. In “集韻•洽韻”, it states: “陝，《説文》：‘隘也。’或作峽。” (Same as "陝", meaning narrow or constricted.) 6. 【本义】: 兩山夾水處. (Original meaning: A place where water is wedged between two mountains.) 7. 【造字法】: 形聲。從山，夾聲。 (Phonetic and ideographic character, composed of the elements for mountain and 'to夹'.) 8. 【引】: 1. 《淮南子·原道》: 仿洋于山峽之旁。 (In “Huainanzi · Yuandao”: To be leisurely beside the mountain gorge.) 2. 王維《桃源行》: 峽裏誰知有人事，世中遙望空雲山。 (In Wang Wei’s “Peach Blossom Spring”: Who knows of human affairs in the gorge, while one looks into the distant clouds and mountains?) 3. 《徐霞客遊記·遊黃山記》: 仍下峽路。 (In “Xu Xiake's Travels”: Continuing down the gorge route.) 4. 從峽度棧以上。 (Above the stack traversing through the gorge.) 6. 【例】: Also refers to 峽口 (the mouth of the gorge); 峽路 (the road or waterway within the gorge). Specifically refers to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. (Also examples: gorge mouth; gorge road; specifically refers to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.) 7. 【引】: 1. 《世說新語》: 桓公( 溫)入峽，絕壁天懸，騰波迅急。 (In “Shishuo Xinyu”: Duke Huan entered the gorge, with vertical cliffs and surging waves.) 8. 【例】: Also refers to 峽口 (referring to Xiling Gorge’s entrance); 峽江 (the stretch of the Yangtze River from Fengjie to Yichang). (Examples: gorge mouth (referring to Xiling Gorge’s entrance); gorge river (the section of the Yangtze below Fengjie to Yichang).) 9. 【形容詞】: 狹窄 ([En.] narrow) (Adjective: narrow.) 10. 【引】: 1. 《水經注》: 邃岸天高，空谷幽深，澗道之峽，車不方軌，號曰天險。 (In “Shuijing Zhu”: The river banks are sheer and high, the valley is deep and desolate, the gorge path is treacherous, and the road cannot be straightened; it is called a heavenly peril.)