Definition of 「楪」:
1. Bed mat; bed board.
床席;床板。
2. In ancient times, it was the same as "碟," a small plate for serving food.
古同“碟”,盛食物的小盘。
Noun: A shallow dish with a flat bottom, used for holding food and other items. Example from "Taiping Guangji, Volume 220": "Then I placed the (pearl) in the tea cup and covered it with the楪. Before half of the meal was eaten, I was surprised that the covered cup tilted."
名词:底部平而浅,用来盛食物等的小盘子。《太平广记.卷二二零.刘录事》:「乃寘(珠)于茶瓯中,以楪覆之。食未半,怪覆瓯楪倾侧。」
Example from "Jiyun's Notes, Volume 4": "Then I arranged colorful small 楪, messily scattered, and the brush was also dipped several times; the picture was finished."
清.纪昀《阅微草堂笔记.卷四.滦阳消夏录四》:「则几设色小楪,纵横狼藉,画笔亦濡染几遍,图已成矣。」Also referred to as "碟."
也作「碟」。
Noun: A measure word. A unit for calculating dishes of food. Example from Bai Juyi's poem "Seven Years New Year's Day Drinking" (third of five poems): "Three cups of blue-tailed wine, one 楪 of glue tooth candy."
名词:量词。计算碟装物的单位。唐.白居易〈七年元日对酒〉诗五首之三:「三杯蓝尾酒,一楪胶牙饧。」
Example from "Taiping Guangji, Volume 220": "Liu initially ate several 楪 of the fish, and suddenly seemed to choke, causing him to cough out a bone pearl as big as a bean."
《太平广记.卷二二零.刘录事》:「刘初食鱠数楪,忽似小哽,因咯,出一骨珠子大如豆。」
3. A historical site in China's Han Dynasty, located in today's Dali County, Yunnan Province.
〔~榆〕中国汉代地名,故址在今云南省大理县东北。
4. Window.
窗户。