You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Shell (bèi) Dai Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1206, Entry 22 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui): Pronounced tai (falling tone). Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): To bestow. Extended Elegance (Guangya): To give. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To lend; to borrow or provide for a shortfall; to give an object to someone with the expectation of its return to the owner. Book of Rites (Zhouli), Earth Offices, Treasury Bureau: For all commoners who borrow, the officials shall identify them and grant the request. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 14th Year of Duke Wen: They exhausted their family wealth to borrow from the ducal house, and the officials continued this practice. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced te (entering tone). Originally written as te. Five Classics Characters (Wujing Wenzi): The character for dai is sometimes interchangeably used for the character te. Corrections to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun Zheng): The dai meaning to beg for a loan is an entering tone, whereas the dai meaning to lend to others is a falling tone. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances: Order the Grand Scribe to maintain the codes and uphold the laws, and to supervise the movements of the sun, moon, stars, and constellations, ensuring their positions and passage do not deviate (dai). Commentary: Su means to stop; li means to proceed. This refers to ensuring the calculations of their celestial paths and their rates of advance or retreat are free from error or deviation. Sound and Meaning: Pronounced te (entering tone). Also pronounced as the second entry. Ibid: In the final month of summer, order the officials in charge of women to dye silk in various colors, ensuring the decorative patterns are strictly according to established law, with no deviation (dai). Commentary: This refers to ensuring that the five dyed colors strictly follow the old regulations without modification. Sound and Meaning: Pronounced te (entering tone). Also pronounced as the second entry. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui): Pronounced te (entering tone). Meaning is the same.