Taxonomy of meanings for 牖:　　

  • 牖 yǒu (OC: luʔ MC: jiu) 與久切 上 廣韻：【道也向也説文曰牖穿壁以木爲交䆫也禮曰蓽門閨竇蓬戸甕牖 】
    • WINDOW
      • nwindow in the wall, facing south, next to the door; rarely used in transferred sense: aperture
    • SURNAMES
      • = 誘

      Additional information about 牖

      說文解字: 【牖】，穿壁以木爲交窻也。 〔小徐本「窻」作「窗」。〕 从片、戶、甫。 〔小徐本「甫」下有「聲」。〕 譚長以爲：甫上日也，非戶也。牖，所以見日。 〔小徐本「見日」下有「也」。〕 【與久切】

        Criteria
      • WINDOW

        1. The current general word for a window is yǒu 牖, but the word typically refers to a window in the side wall of a building.

        2. Chuāng 窗 refers to a window in the roof, but at later stages comes to replace yǒu 牖 as the standard general word for any window.

        3. Xiàng 向 / 鄉 is a rare word referring to small windows facing north.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: (WINDOW)戶/DOOR Hù 戶 refers to a one-leaf minor door which may be the main door to an ordinary home. [HUANG 1995: 1017 - 1018; ill.: SUN 1991: 44-17]
      • Oppos: (WINDOW)戶/DOOR Hù 戶 refers to a one-leaf minor door which may be the main door to an ordinary home. [HUANG 1995: 1017 - 1018; ill.: SUN 1991: 44-17]