Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 455, Entry 11 Tangyun (Tang Dynasty Rhymes), Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced bo. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): To regulate. Book of Odes (Shijing), Shang Song (Eulogies of Shang): The King is flourishing and regulated. Gongyang Zhuan (Gongyang Commentary), Year 14 of Duke Ai: To regulate a chaotic age and return it to righteousness, nothing is closer than the Spring and Autumn Annals. Also: To remove. History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Biography of Sima Qian: The Qin dynasty removed ancient scripts and burned the Book of Odes and Book of Documents (Shujing). Also: The appearance of being spread or raised. Book of Rites (Liji), Qu Li (Summary of the Rules of Propriety): Clothing should not be worn loosely. Also: Zengyun (Expanded Rhymes): To pry open. Also: To turn. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce): The bow is pulled and the arrow is hooked. Commentary: The bow is curved in reverse. Also: A funeral implement. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: They abandoned the hearse-cart and set up the pulling ropes, which is a minor impropriety that does not fit the standard. Commentary: The ropes used to pull the hearse-cart, also known as funeral ropes. Also: An object for plucking strings. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Su Ting: Huangfu Xun was sent on a mission to Shu and demanded money from the treasury to purchase a plectrum for a pipa and an exquisite whip. Su Ting refused to give them. Also: Chibo, a name for a fine horse. Also: Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced ba. To sever. Book of Odes (Shijing), Da Ya (Greater Odes): If the branches and leaves are not yet harmed, the root has already been severed. Commentary: Severed, meaning cut off. Sub-commentary: To remove the remaining roots, thus it means to sever. Also: Zhu Xi's Commentary on the Odes (Shizhuan): Rhymes with fei. Pronounced fei. Also: Rhymes with bie. Pronounced bie. The meaning is the same. Also: Tangyun (Tang Dynasty Rhymes), Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes): Pronounced po. To clear away grass. Same as fa. Also written as a variant form. Also: Bolla, the appearance of a stretched bow. Zhang Heng, Si Fu (Rhapsody on Thinking): Bending the mighty bow in a stretched manner. Commentary: La is pronounced li-da. Also: Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Suoyin (Search for Obscurities): Pronounced fa. Refers to a large shield. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Confucius: They met at Jiagu, and the official in charge of Qi requested the performance of music from the four directions. Thereupon, banners, feathers, spears, halberds, swords, and shields arrived, and they approached while beating drums and shouting. Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes): Written as a variant form.