Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Page 1296, Entry 10 Pronounced ding. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to refined gold in the form of a cake. According to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), lingding is the name of a spear. Guo Pu says it is a crane-knee spear, known in the Jiangdong region as lingding. Another theory suggests it is an iron spade. According to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it refers to an iron nail. According to the Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Tao Kan: He commanded that all bamboo scraps and wood shavings be stored. When Huan Wen attacked Shu, he used the stored bamboo scraps to make nails for outfitting ships. The name of a country. The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing) mentions the country of Dingling. The commentator Wu Renchen says that Dingling is the modern country of Dingling, also called Dingling. It is also written as Dingling. According to the Baopuzi (Master Who Embraces Simplicity), if it has bright and beautiful colors, it can be used as a nail. Pronounced ding. According to the Table of Princes and Marquises in the History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu): There was the Marquis of Youli, Liu Ding. The commentary notes the pronunciation as ding. It is also pronounced ding. Also refers to refined gold in the form of a cake. Pronounced ding. The meaning is the same. According to the Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun), it refers to the act of nailing something with a nail. Pronounced ling. According to the Classified Collection of the Five Sounds (Wuyin Jiyun), it means to strike.