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庫
kù
[n.]
1. Place or building for storing items (e.g., warehouse, storehouse).
貯存東西的房屋或地方:倉~。國~。~存。
2. Surname.
姓。
3. [Originally]: Armory, a place for storing weapons and vehicles.
【本义】:軍械庫,收藏兵器和兵車的處所。
4. [Character Formation]: Pictogram indicating a place associated with a building, containing vehicles; implies a storage location for weapons and military supplies.
【造字法】:會意。從廣(yǎn),表示與房屋有關,從車。兵車藏在房屋一類的建築內,表示是儲藏武器戰車的地方。
5. Synonyms:
1. Armory ([En.] armory).
2. Later, generally refers to a storage building ([En.] storehouse; warehouse).
3. Jail ([En.] jail).
4. In the Song dynasty, referred to as a wineshop ([En.] wineshop).
5. Abbreviation for the unit of electric charge "coulomb" ([En.] coulomb).
6. References in literature:
-《說文》: 庫,兵車藏也。
-《禮記·曲禮》: 在庫言庫。
-《淮南子·時則》: 七月官庫。(注:「兵府也。」)
-《左傳·哀公十六年》: 焚庫,無聚,將何以守矣。
- Examples: 庫兵(兵器的庫藏).
7. Additional examples and references:
- 庫子(庫號,掌管、守衛官庫的人)
- 庫局(佛寺中掌管倉庫、財務的部門)
- 庫司(佛寺中掌管倉庫錢糧的人)
- 庫金(庫藏的金帛)
- 庫門(倉庫的門).
8. Jail references:
-《史記·魯仲連鄒陽列傳》: 故拘之牖里之庫百日,欲令之死。
9. In the Song dynasty, a wineshop was referred to as "庫":
-《夢粱錄》: 大抵酒肆除官庫、子庫、腳店之外,其餘謂之「拍戶」,兼賣諸般下酒,食次隨意索喚。
10. Abbreviation for "coulomb" ([En.] coulomb).
電量單位「庫侖」的簡稱 ([En.] coulomb).
11. Surname example: There was a person named 庫鈞 in the Han dynasty.
姓。如漢代有庫鈞。