徂 Stroke Order

徂 [cú] 1. 往: To go; to move. Example: 自西徂东 (From the west to the east). 2. 过去, 逝: To pass; to perish. Example: 岁月其徂 (The years have passed). 3. 开始: To begin. Example: 六月徂暑 (June marks the beginning of summer). 4. 古同“殂”, 死亡: An ancient term synonymous with "殂", referring to death. 【本义】: 往; 去 (Original meaning: To go; to leave) 【造字法】: 形声。从彳( chì)且声。从“彳”，表示与行走有关。 (Character formation: Phonetic-ideogram combination, with the walking component 彳 (chì) indicating something related to movement.) 【引】: 1. 《尔雅》: 徂，往也。 (Erya: 徂 means to go.) 2. 《书·大禹谟》: 汝徂征。 (Book of Documents: You shall go on a campaign.) 3. 《书·胤征》: 胤后承王命徂征。 (Book of Documents: After Yin, you shall undertake the royal command.) 4. 《诗·卫风·氓》: 自我徂尔。 (Book of Poems: From me, I go to you.) 5. 《诗·小雅·小明》: 我征徂西。 (Book of Poems: I march to the west.) 【例】: 又如: 徂川(流去的河水); 徂徕(往复); 徂征(前往征讨) (Examples: 如: 徂川 (the flowing river); 徂徕 (to and fro); 徂征 (to go on a campaign)) 1. 及，至: To arrive. Example: 自夏徂秋 (From summer to autumn). 2. 行，行走: To walk. Example: 思无邪，思马斯徂 (Think without malice, think of the horse that walks). 3. 死亡: To die. Example: 二十有八载，放勋乃徂落, 百姓如丧考妣。 (At twenty-eight, Fang Xun passed away; the people mourned as if they had lost their parents.) 4. 消逝: To disappear. Example: 如: 徂年(过去的年月); 徂辉(落日的余辉; 比喻逝去的岁月) (Examples: 如: 徂年 (the past years); 徂辉 (the afterglow of the setting sun; metaphor for the gone years)).