The pronunciation of "ball" is as follows:

Ball qiú

Ball is a Chinese character of the first level. The original meaning of the character is "beautiful jade", which is written in Guangyun (广韵), "球, beautiful jade, too." . In Shuowen Jiezi (说文解字), "球, 玉磬也 (an ancient jade musical instrument) is derived from 玉, seeking sound." Later, it was extended to mean a three-dimensional object in an absolutely regular round shape, such as a sports ball, and was also pronounced as "qiú" (毬).

Basic meanings

(1) A three-dimensional object that is absolutely round: a ball. Bulb. Sphere. Balloon. Briquette.

(2) Referring to a spherical sporting object, a ball game: ball game. Ballerina. Ball field. Fan.

(3) An astral body, especially the "earth": the moon. Planet. The reputation of the world.

(4) Beautiful jade.

Shuowen Jiezi: "Ball, jade chime. From jade, seek sound." The hand wants to grasp the beast with hair and ask for help is the paradigm of seeking. The two paradigms of jade and seek are superimposed. The hand desiring to grasp the jade that will run by itself is the paradigm of ball.

The ball is also the king's chime.

The ball is also the king's chime. According to the ancient thought of the chime, also for the wattles, also for the knife room decoration.

Ball Lin Danno.

Ball Lin Dang. Zheng note: "beautiful jade also."

The ball of heaven. --Shu-Gu-Ming (The Book of Gu-Ming). Zheng's note: "The jade contributed by Yongzhou is colored like heaven."

Ball Lin (Ball and Lin, both names of beautiful jade); Ball Jade (Beautiful Jade); Ball Coffee (String of Jade); Ball Mansion (Jade Mansion. Ancient imperial treasures hidden in the treasury); ball Lin ware (a metaphor for virtuous talent); ball bibi (a general term for treasures); ball jade (jade chime); ball sound (the sound of a jade chime); ball Lin (jade chime)