Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Chai Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 1297, Entry 01 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced cha. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhymes Compilation (Yunhui): Pronounced cha. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): A type of hair pin. Originally written only as the character pronounced cha; this character was added by later people. Jade Chapters (Yupian): A bifurcated hair pin for women. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Beauty (Meiren Fu): A jade hair pin hangs from my cap. Qin Jia, Letter to Wife Xu Shu: I now send a pair of precious hair pins; they may adorn your head. Cao Zhi, Poem on a Beautiful Woman: Gold bird-shaped hair pins on her head. Also known as golden hair pin stem, a medicinal name. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu): Li Shizhen says: Dendrobium looks like a gold hair pin, hence the name. Also, honeysuckle vine is used for detoxification; it is also called gold hair pin stem. Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu): Rhymes with chi. Fan Qin, Poem on Setting Affections (Dingqing Shi): With what can I console our parting? Behind my ears are tortoiseshell hair pins. Also rhymes with chu. Book of Odes, Commentary and Sub-commentary (Maoshi Zhushu): Wishing to buy red ochre, not knowing there is yellow earth under the stove; wishing to buy a hair pin, not knowing the mountain itself possesses wood for making them.