Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Inch (cùn) Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 294, Entry 12 Pronounced fu. Same as the character meaning to spread. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): The character means to spread or distribute. It is formed from the radical for inch and the phonetic component representing fu. Xu states: It refers to distributing according to legal standards. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian): It means everywhere or universally. Book of Changes (Yijing), section on the Discussion of the Trigrams (Shuogua): Zhen represents the act of spreading. In the Stone Classics, it is written as the character with the banner radical. Also, the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), chapter on the Treatises on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices (Fengshan Shu): It says it disperses like fog. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): It is sometimes written as the character for vast (pu). Book of Rites (Liji), chapter on the Meaning of Sacrifices (Jiyi): It spreads across the four seas. The commentary notes: Read as the character fu. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): It was originally written as the character for cloth (bu), meaning to distribute or scatter. Pronounced bo. Sometimes written as the character currently being defined. According to the Proper Character Mastery (Zhengzitong): The character possesses the meaning of spreading, so there is no need to change the pronunciation to that of the character for cloth. It is commonly written as the character for spread (fu).