Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Page 225, Entry 09 Pronounced ben. It means dust; it means to gather; it means to fill. In the Elegy for the Second Emperor of Qin (Ai Qin Er Shi Fu) by Sima Xiangru: Ascending the long slope of the undulating hillside, they gathered into the towering heights of the Zeng Palace. In the Biography of Mi Heng from the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): Flying words and eloquent debate, surging energy gathered and welled up. In the Biography of Confucian Scholars from the Book of Tang (Tangshu): Gathered in the capital. Also, pronounced fen. The meaning is the same.