Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 234, Entry 09 Tang Dynasty Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced du. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced du (third tone). Explanation of Characters (Shuowen): An earthen wall. One zhang is a board, five boards make a du. Book of Odes (Shijing): One hundred walls were constructed. Han Dynasty Outer Commentary (Hanshi Waizhuan): Yuan Xian lived in a small hut of circular walls, thatched with mugwort and wild grasses. Also, the name for hanging bells and stone chimes. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): The minor official, a half set is called a du, a full set is called a si. Commentary: Generally, sixteen bells or sixteen stone chimes suspended on one stand is called a du, a full set on one stand is called a si. Also, to live in peace is called an du. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): When the Emperor entered the pass, he agreed to three simple laws, and the officials and commoners remained at peace as before. Also, a symbol of accumulation. Zhuangzi: Desire for wealth and profit, thus filled up like a wall. Also, colloquial speech for this or that, called a du. Book of Jin (Jinshu): Wang Yan never spoke the word money; his wife ordered a servant to scatter coins under the bed so he could not walk, Wang Yan arose in the morning and called the servant: Remove these things from before me. Also, a surname. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): There was Du Shu in the state of Zheng. Also, Guangyun: Pronounced zhe (third tone). Jiyun: Pronounced zhe (third tone). Name of a county. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Shi Zhi was a man from Du County. Also, a surname. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): In Zheng, there was Du Nufu and Du Gou. Also, name of a mountain. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhai Jing): East of Kushan is Du Mountain, the deity Tianyu resides there. Also, name of a river. Commentary on the Classic of Water (Shuijing Zhu): Du River, emerges from the south of the northern mountain of Duyang, the source flows through the village of Xiaodu. History of the Later Han (Houhan Shu): Cen Peng was the General who Conquers the South, attacking Deng Feng at Du Village. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced tu. Same as she. A watchtower above a city gate. Also, pronounced she (level tone). Erya: A she is called a tai. She, sometimes written with the earth radical. Textual Research: In the Rites of Zhou, the Minor Official entry, the original text states half is called a du, full is called a si. Commentary: Generally, sixteen bells or sixteen stone chimes, a half set suspended on one stand is called a du, a full set displayed on one stand is called a si. The original text has been corrected to read half instead of all, and the character for stand in the commentary has been corrected.