Shen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Insect (chóng). Character: Chài. Kangxi stroke count: 19. Page 1099, Entry 02. Pronounced chài. Jade Chapter (Yupian): A stinging insect. Book of Odes (Shijing): That lady, her curly hair like a scorpion's tail. Commentary (Jian): The tail of a scorpion is raised, resembling how a woman's hair curls upward at the ends. Apocrypha of the Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojingwei): Bees and scorpions have hanging stingers, for their poison is in their tails. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan): Bees and scorpions have poison. Note: The Common Record (Tongsuwen) states: the scorpion, when it has a long tail, is called a scorpion (xiē). Records of Wei (Weizhi): When the wife of the Governor of Pengcheng went to the latrine at night, a scorpion stung her hand; Hua Tuo ordered her to soak the area in warm water. Also used as a personal name. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan): Gongsun Chài, Gongsun Shezhi, and their senior officials and clan descendants all followed the Earl of Zheng. Also interchangeable with the character meaning a stem or base (dì). Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing Fu) by Zhang Heng: Looking with hostility, like a scorpion or a mustard seed. Note: Scorpion and mustard seed refers to a prick or a bone stuck in the throat. Also pronounced tà. Same meaning. Sometimes written in a variant form.