須
xu1Mathews: 2847
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (5 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 22.2
2nd Line★
be ard, whiskers
賁其須。
Adorning his beard
Stats: 181+3→ 54.3
3rd Line
(a) bondmaid, servant, waiting maid
歸妹以須，反歸以娣。
Little sister marries as a bondmaid
Then comes back to marry as second wife
→ 05.T
Tuan Zhuan
necessity, patience, waiting; essential
需，須也。險在前也，剛健而不陷，其義不困窮矣。需有孚，光亨，贞吉，位乎天位，以正中也。利涉大川，往有功也。
Anticipation
(Means) necessity
Hazards lie ahead
(Be) firm (and) persevering and so avoid complications
This means to avoid affliction (and) exhaustion completely
Anticipation
Be true
Honoring fulfillment, persistence is timely:
(Be) poised, with celestial dignity,
(And), accordingly, upright (and) balanced
Worthwhile to cross the great stream:
To make progress will be an accomplishment
→ 22.2
Xiao Xiang 2
beard
賁其須，與上興也。
22.2x Adorning his beard:
To partake in a higher prosperity
Xiao Xiang 3
(a) bondmaid
歸妹以須，未當也。
54.3x Little sister marries as a bondmaid:
Still not satisfactory
Homophones (xu)
盱xu1wide-eyed, amazed, astonished, [bug-eyed]虛xu1(to be) empty, open, wanting, unoccupied, vacant, hollow, emptied (out), false, futile, (in) vain, unreal, insubstantial, void, deceptive, untrue, vacuous, abstract, imaginary, fallacious, specious, worthless, useless, null, ruined, 449 idle; nominal, figurative, theoretical; unprejudiced, humble, modest, clear, pure, (not full of self); (to) vacate, empty (out), open (up), drain, want (s, ed, ing); (a, the) ruin, mound; void, emptiness, futility, vanity, lack, want, vacancy, stillness, hollowness; openness需xu1(to be) essential, needful, necessary, insufficient, tantalized, suspended; (a, the) anticipation, suspense, expectation, desire, demand, need, duty, obligation, necessity, requirement, prerequisite; (to) wait, await, abide, bide time, postpone, tarry, stop, defer, do without, watch for, look out for, need, require (s, ed, ing); Shuowen has stopped by rain, waiting it out instead of not waiting for rain; [deferred gratification]繻xu1(the) silk jacket; fine clothing, glossed as ru2徐xu2slowly; haltingly, hesitantly, carefully序xu4(to be) sequential, successive, ordered, ranked, orderly, arranged; (a, the) order, rank, sequence, succession, arrangement, precedence; preface, forward, introduction; (to) order, arrange in order; each in its place恤xu4(to) worry, take to heart, fret, fear, grieve, pity, suffer, care, sympathize, take care, care about (s, ed, ing); (to give) relief, alms, care, sympathy, compassion, consolation, succor; (to be) worried, concerned (with), anxious; zealous; taken to heart; (a, the) worry, anxiety, concern, care, pity, sorrow, suffering, anguish, sympathy, solicitude (s)續xu4(to) continue, connect; go (ing) on, through
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