Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Flute (yuè) Kangxi Strokes: 21 Page 1538, Entry 27 Comprehensive Character Dictionary (Zhengzitong): The original form of the character for blowing. Explication of Names (Shiming): A musical instrument made of bamboo is called a blower. To blow means to push. It is the act of using breath to push air to produce sound. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Spring (Chunguan), Master of Flutes (Yueshi): Responsible for teaching the sons of the nobility to dance with feathered ornaments and play the flute. Master of Flutes (Yueshizhang): During the second month of spring, play the music of the Bin region and use poetry to welcome the summer heat. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Written as the variant form. Collection of Jade (Yupian): Written as the variant form. See the detailed annotation for the subsequent character. In clerical script, it is written as the character for blow.