Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Child (ér) Page 123, Entry 10 Pronounced chong (level tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters) defines it as: long, high. The character structure is composed of the radical for child and a shortened form of the character for to nourish, which acts as a phonetic indicator. Xu Kai remarks that the meaning is to be above a person. The pronunciation is like tu. Yupian (Jade Chapters) defines it as: to walk, full. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes) defines it as: beautiful, prepared. Also defined as: to block. Book of Odes (Shijing), Beifeng section: With sleeves like filled ears. Annotation: This refers to the Marquis of Li residing in the state of Wei, and the people of Wei acted as if their ears were blocked and they could not hear. Zengyun (Augmented Rhymes) defines it as: to make substantial. Book of Rites (Liji), Royal Regulations: To fill the ruler's kitchen. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Yang Xiong: Merely filling the kitchen. Annotation: Shigu states that chong means to serve as or to occupy. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth Offices: Annotation on the official in charge of livestock: It is like being fat, meaning to fatten the animals. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Eleventh Year of Duke Ai: Affairs are numerous and governance is heavy. Annotation: Chong refers to the burden of forced labor. Guanzi, Inner Workings: Regarding the way of eating, overindulging leads to harm, and the physical form is not preserved. Annotation: This refers to eating until one is too full. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: Appearing anxious and distressed as if at an impasse. Annotation: This describes the inner state and outward appearance of a filial son, full of grievance and desperate constraint. Also used as a surname. During the Han Dynasty, there were individuals named Chong Xiang and Chong Shen. Yunbu (Rhyme Supplement): Rhymes with the sound chang (level tone). Daozang Ge (Songs of the Daoist Canon): The profound echo opens the spiritual gate, seven doors open the feathered chapter. Sun terrace, great cave, wild, hidden and elegant, the mushroom flower is filled. The character is written with the child radical below, and similar characters follow this structure. The character is used as a substitute. Zhengzitong (Correction of Characters): This is an erroneous form of the character. The character structure should consist of the component for follow and the radical for child.