Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) 釧 Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 1296, Entry 17 Pronounced chuàn. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): An arm ring. Yupian (Jade Chapters): A hairpin or bracelet. Zhengzitong (Comprehensive Correction of Characters): In ancient times, both men and women wore them; now, they are only worn as female ornaments. He Yan, To Minister Xie: Precious jade bracelets used to entrust one's emotions through an object. Yu Xin, Rhymed Prose on the Bamboo Staff (Zhu Zhang Fu): Sending a letter to Yumen Pass, leaving behind a bracelet at Zhangtai. Mozhuang Manlu (Random Notes from the Ink Pavilion): Emperor Wenzong of Tang asked his prime minister what a gold tiaotuo was. The prime minister could not answer. The emperor said: The line in an ancient poem about a light shirt and a steady tiaotuo refers to what is now an arm bracelet, also written as 玔. Also a surname. Wanxing Tongpu (Complete Genealogy of Ten Thousand Surnames): During the Wanli era, Chuan Guoxian, a registrar in Fuzhou, was from Langzhong. Chuan Pei, an assistant magistrate of Guiyang County, was from Yunnan. Also pronounced chuān. A metal fitting on a carriage.