Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Kangxi stroke count: 5; Page number: Page 93, entry 10. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), the pronunciation is bao (entering tone). In the Approaching Elegance (Erya), section Explaining Heavens, it is stated that a meteor is a meteor (di yue). Guo's commentary states it is a shooting star. Furthermore, according to Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced shao (entering tone); according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced shao (entering tone). The meaning is the same. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced di (entering tone). According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to bind or restrict. Note: In lexicographical works, this character is synonymous with the character for a wooden bridge over water (zhuo). There are three meanings: one is a shooting star, one is a horizontal log for crossing water, and one is to bind. Their pronunciations and spellings differ, which both the Comprehensive Dictionary (Zihui) and Proper Character Guide (Zhengzitong) failed to note. Regarding the definition of a shooting star, there are two spellings. One is the pronunciation bao, and the other is the pronunciation shao. For the pronunciation bao, it is based on the Approaching Elegance (Erya) entry for a shooting star. The commentary notes that it is pronounced bao. The Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) agrees with this. The Jade Chapters (Yupian) utilizes the phonological methods of the period to derive the pronunciation bao. The Comprehensive Dictionary (Zihui) was unaware of this and used a spelling method that resulted in an incorrect pronunciation. For the pronunciation shao, it is based on the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) entry defining it as a shooting star. The Proper Character Guide (Zhengzitong) follows this, but incorrectly critiques other dictionaries; it fails to realize that the phonological categories used in these texts are fundamentally different, leading to significant error. The Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) entry for this character contains two spellings. The one pronounced shao defines it as a shooting star. The one pronounced zhuo defines it as a horizontal log for crossing water. The Jade Chapters (Yupian), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), and Comprehensive Dictionary (Zihui) all align with the latter pronunciation for the definition of a wooden bridge, which is clearly distinct from the shooting star definition. The Proper Character Guide (Zhengzitong) incorrectly conflates the pronunciation for a wooden bridge with that of a shooting star. There is also a pronunciation di. This is based on the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen) entry defining it as to bind. The Jade Chapters (Yupian) and Comprehensive Dictionary (Zihui) agree with this. However, the Proper Character Guide (Zhengzitong) incorrectly alters the spelling, resulting in a pronunciation that is phonetically inaccurate due to a misunderstanding of initial consonants. Regarding the definition of a shooting star, there are the two pronunciations bao and shao; the definition from Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen) regarding binding is unrelated. Both the Comprehensive Dictionary (Zihui) and the Proper Character Guide (Zhengzitong) omit the definition of binding and incorrectly group all these pronunciations under the definition of a shooting star. This suggests that the character for a shooting star could also be read as di, which is clearly an error in both those works. These two books contain numerous phonetic and character errors; these are merely the most egregious examples noted here.