楚	39A40   10.83	部居	畫數  13	ㄔㄨˇ [chu3] .
N	(1)  (AC) a thistle. (2)  A punishing rod: 夏楚 (LL) spanking, spanking rod. (3)  Name of ancient kingdom, roughly modern Hupei: 楚材晉用 (allu.) a great person given important post by another country; 楚弓楚得 (楚人失弓，楚人得之) (AC) the King of [chu3] lost a bow and gave up the search, contenting himself with the thought that it was most probably found by one of his countrymen and therefore not a loss. (4)  A surname.
Adj	(1)  Painful: 痛楚 pain, -ful 苦楚 (also v.t. & n.) a distress, distressed, to distress; 酸楚 pitiful, sad. (2)  Neat, clear: 清楚 clear; 楚楚 [chu3chu3]↓.
Words	1.楚囚 [chu3qiu2], n., (allu.) a held prisoner, man in difficult straits.  2.楚楚 [chu2chu3], adj., (1)  bright and clear; (2)  luxuriant; (3)  楚楚可憐 delicate and touching (girl); 楚楚動人 delicate and attractive.  3.楚服 [chu3fu2], n., (AC) full formal dress  4.楚歌 [chu3ge1], phr., 四面楚歌 (allu.) surrounded on all sides by enemy (who sang“the Songs of [chu3]”).  5.楚腰 [chu3yao1], n., slender waist--from allu., the King of [chu3] loved women with slender waistline.