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Yü is composed of 冖 mien an obsolete word meaning cover as radical, with 于 yü (= 於 ) as phonetic. It means space, the empyrean, but is here part of the surname of the founder of the Northern Chou dynasty, A.D. 557—589.

Wên see.

Chou see.

Yü see. [Eitel, to get out of his previous difficulty, here translates yü by "whilst," a sense which can never under any circumstances be yielded by this character.]

Kao is supposed to be the picture of a raised terrace, and its common meaning is high, elevated; but here it is the surname of the founder of the Northern Ch'i dynasty, A.D. 550—589.

Ch'i see.

Tai is composed of the walking radical, and an obsolete phonetic which is a picture of a hand catching hold of a tail, thus suggesting the idea of reaching. It is often written 迨.

Chih see.

Sui, which is said to be a contraction of 隨, was originally composed of 肉 jou flesh as radical, with the contraction of an obsolete word meaning to destroy. It meant to tear or rend