You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Kangxi stroke count: 7 Page 1239, Entry 01 Ancient character forms. Pronounced ju. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Carriage, a vehicle. Examination of Ancient History (Gushikao): The Yellow Emperor created the carriage, using it to pull heavy objects to distant places. During the era of Shaohao, oxen were added to pull them. During the reign of Yu, Xizhong served as the Minister of Carriages, and horses were added to pull them. Book of Documents (Shujing): Carriages and vestments were used to reward merit. Book of Changes (Yijing): Used a large carriage to transport loads. Subcommentary to the Analects (Lunyu Shu): A large carriage is an ox-drawn vehicle, used for transporting goods on level ground. A small carriage is drawn by four horses, including vehicles for hunting, military chariots, and passenger vehicles. Also, a mountain carriage refers to a vehicle naturally formed. Book of Rites (Liji): Implements and carriages appearing in the mountains. Subcommentary: This refers to a time of great peace, where the hooks of mountain carriages droop and curve naturally without the need for processing or refinement. Also, Jinche is the name of an official position. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): The Jinche manages the government ordinances regarding public carriages. Commentary: Jin means something like clothing. The Jinche is the chief of the carriage officials; carriages all have covers like clothing as decoration, hence the name. Also, Gongche is the name of a government office. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): Issued an edict to the ministers, the Metropolitan Governor, and the provincial governors to each recommend one person of virtue and integrity, to be sent to the Gongche office. Commentary: The Director of Gongche is in charge of the Sima Gate of the palace. All petitions to the throne and the summoning of talent from throughout the empire are managed by this office. Because the Gongche office is located there, it is used as the name for this position. Also, Jieche is the name of a fragrant herb. Songs of Chu (Chuci): Planting in separate patches the liuyi herb and the jieche herb. Commentary: Both liuyi and jieche are fragrant herbs. Also, fuche is the name of a net. Erya: A fu, or bird net, is a type of carriage net. Commentary: The modern turnover net has two shafts, with a rope net set in the middle to capture birds. Also. Pronounced che. Shuowen Jiezi: The collective term for the carriage body and wheels. Also, yache refers to the bone to which teeth are attached. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): The cheeks and the jawbones are mutually dependent. Commentary: Fu means cheek. Che means jawbone. Subcommentary: Che is the name for the bone beneath the teeth. It is sometimes called the lower mandible. The cheek is the external part, and the jawbone is the internal bone; hence, they are said to be mutually dependent. Also, a surname. Tian Qianqiu, a chancellor of the Han dynasty, was granted the privilege of entering the palace by small carriage due to his advanced age, and contemporaries referred to him as Chancellor Che. His descendants adopted Che as a surname. Also, Ziche is a compound surname. Book of Odes (Shijing): Ziche Zhongxing. Also, rhymes with he, pronounced cuo. Poem on the Dog Days (Cheng Xiao): During the three dog days of life, no carriages travel upon the roads. Closing the gates to avoid the heat and sleep, no visiting back and forth. Also, a word representing the sound of many carriages.