Taxonomy of meanings for 隅:　　

  • 隅 yú (OC: ŋo MC: ŋio) 遇俱切 平 廣韻：【角也陬也 】
    • CORNER
      • n{PLACE}adVin the corner, in a corner 隅坐"sit in a corner"
      • ncornerstone; SHI: corner (of a house); SHU: little corner (of the sea); corner of a wall;
      • nab.post-V{NUM}figurative(MOVE TO FEATURE) aspect of a larger whole
      • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    • corner of>CITY WALL
      • ncorner of the city wall

    Additional information about 隅

    說文解字: 【隅】，陬也。从 𨸏 、禺聲。 【噳俱切】

      Criteria
    • CITY WALL

      1. Chéng 城 refers to the inner city wall. It was originally built of rammed earth, but during the Han there were also walls built of bricks or stones. See also FORTIFY.

      2. Guō 郭 is an outer city wall. Sometimes this is also called kuò 廓.

      3. Dié 堞 refers both to the battlements on the wall and to the crenels of it. See RAMPART

      4. Nuχiáng 女牆 refers to the battlements on the wall. See RAMPART

      5. Yú 隅 refers to the corner of the wall, usually raised above the level of the wall and with building on it.

    • CORNER

      1. The current general word for a corner in anything is yú 隅, but the word very often refers specifically to corners in buildings or man-made structures of any kind. The word often refers to the corner of the wall, usually raised above the level of the wall and with building on it. [SUN 1991: 196]

      2. Zōu 陬 primarily refers to corners that are naturally produced, but by extension also to man-made corners.