Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Cun Kangxi Strokes: 7 Page 511, Entry 17 Pronounced cun (level tone) A rural villa or homestead. A settlement or village. The character is composed of the radical for city or settlement and the phonetic component for gathering. The character does not appear in the Confucian Classics or official histories; it is a common colloquial usage. Dim and distant is the village of men — Return to the Fields (Gui tian yuan shi) by Tao Qian, Jin Dynasty. In the village, they heard of this person, and all came to inquire — Peach Blossom Spring (Taohua yuan ji)