柩 Stroke Order

柩 [jiù] 1. 装着尸体的棺材: 灵柩 (spirit coffin). 棺柩 (coffin). 柩车 (vehicle carrying the coffin). 2. 同本义: 装有尸体的棺材 (coffin with corpse). 3. 铭，汉时谓刻在石碑上的字为柩: inscriptions (inscriptions on stone tablets). 引: 1. 《说文》：柩，棺也。(Shuowen Jiezi: "Jiu" means coffin.) 2. 《尔雅》：古文湨字从匚久，后世又加木旁耳，虚者为棺，实者为柩。(Erya: The ancient character 湨 derives from 匚 and 久, later adding 木旁; the hollow version refers to a coffin, the solid version refers to a jiu.) 3. 《谷梁传·宣公八年》：先迁柩于庙。(Guliang Zhuan: "First carry the coffin to the temple.") 4. 《白虎通》：崩薨，柩之为言究也，久也，不复变也。(Baihu Tong: "Collapse and death, 'jiu' means permanence, longevity, and no more change.") 5. 《礼记·曲礼》：在床曰尸，在棺曰柩。(Liji: "On the bed it is called corpse, in the coffin it is called 'jiu'.") 例: 运柩 (transporting the coffin); 枢榇 (a coffin containing a corpse); 柩尸 (refers to the spirit coffin); 柩室 (room where the spirit coffin is placed); 柩路 (vehicle for carrying the spirit coffin); 柩殡 (refers to placing the spirit coffin). Additional Definition: 铭，汉时谓刻在石碑上的字为柩: inscriptions (inscriptions on stone tablets). 引: 1. 《周礼》：设敖置铭。贾公彦疏: 铭所以表柩，故汉时谓铭为柩。(Zhouli: "Setting up to mark. Jia Gongyan explains: Inscriptions are meant to signify 'jiu', hence during the Han dynasty, inscriptions were referred to as 'jiu'.")