Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Cheng Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 532, Entry 17 Pronounced cheng. According to the Explaining Words and Phrases (Shuowen Jiezi), cheng is a method. According to the commentary on the Regional Speech (Fangyan) by Yangzi, it refers to the method of supporting a tilting structure, a door wedge. According to the Approaching Elegance (Erya), in the chapter interpreting dwellings, the cheng is called a wedge. According to the Book of Rites (Liji), in the chapter on Jade Patterns (Yuzao), when a ruler enters a gate, he grazes the door sill; a grand officer walks between the cheng and the sill; a scholar grazes the cheng. The commentary states: the cheng is the long wood on both sides of the gate. The sill is the short wood erected in the center of the gate. Also, according to the Regional Speech (Fangyan), cheng means to follow. The commentary states: the cheng column causes things to follow one another. Also, according to the Explaining Words and Phrases (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to prop up with a stick. In the essay for sacrificing at an ancient tomb by Xie Lingyun: with an object to prop and stir it, it turned to ash upon contact. Also, it is the name of a fruit, which is the orange. According to the Record of Jincheng (Jinchengji): I wished to present cheng fruits and cherries to the minister, but lamented that they do not ripen at the same time. Also, according to the ancient pronunciation in the Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), pronounced chang. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), in the Zheng Songs (Zhengfeng): waiting for me at the hall (tang). The commentary notes that hall should be written as cheng. Also, the name of a disciple of Confucius, Shen Cheng.