You Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Badger (zhì). Character: Diao. Kangxi Stroke Count: 12. Page 1200, Entry 27. Ancient form is written as Diao. According to the Guangyun (Guangyun), pronounced diao. According to the Jiyun (Jiyun), Yunhui (Yunhui), and Zhengyun (Zhengyun), pronounced diao. According to the Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen), it is a species, large and blackish-yellow. According to the Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), records on carriages and clothing: The military cap, worn by palace attendants and regular attendants, was adorned with a gold ornament and decorated with a cicada and a marten tail. The commentary by Ying Shao states: The marten is tough and fierce within, yet warm and gentle without. Xu Guang states: The marten has a deep, glossy, purplish color, and its fur is not glaring; in the cold north, marten skins were originally used to warm the forehead and were attached to caps, eventually becoming head ornaments. According to the Book of Tang (Tangshu), records on the Huihe: The nobility wore marten and seal, and marten fur was used for tax assessment. Also a surname. According to the Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): Diao Bo, a man of Qi. Also, according to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), account of merchant families: One thousand robes of fox and marten fur. According to the Erya Yi (Erya Yi): The marten is indeed a type of marten, so the character is also written as Diao. According to the Zhengzitong (Zhengzitong): The common simplified form is incorrect.