宇宙

Etymology
Attested in several pre-Qin texts.

Meyer (2010) proposes that "eaves and roof beams" was a synecdoche for a domicile's entire space; this figure of speech would later be appropriated by early authors and later ʼs contributors as "a metaphor for the cosmos, taking “eaves” ["宇" yǔ] and “roof beams” ["宙" zhòu] to represent the dimensions of space and time[, respectively] that compose the entire phenomenal universe."

Noun

 * 1) universe; cosmos; macrocosm; space
 * 2) roof, ridgepole and beams
 * 3) heaven and earth; ; country
 * 4) (infinite) space and time
 * 1) roof, ridgepole and beams
 * 2) heaven and earth; ; country
 * 3) (infinite) space and time
 * 1) (infinite) space and time
 * 1) (infinite) space and time

Noun

 * 1) the universe
 * 2) outer space