Wei Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Meat (ròu)
肛
Kangxi strokes: 9
Page 974, Entry 07
Guangyun (Rhyme Dictionary of the Expanded Rhymes) and Jiyun (Rhyme Dictionary) state the pronunciation is jiang.
Guangyun: Panggang (bloated), meaning swollen and enlarged.
Picang (Forest of Terms): Panggang, meaning abdominal distension.
Liushugu (Fundamentals of the Six Writings): The end of the large intestine, the anus.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Master Cang: The anus weighs twelve liang.
Annotation: The term gang is equivalent to gang (the hub of a carriage wheel). This refers to the fact that the location resembles a carriage wheel hub; thus it is called the hub gate, which is the gate of the large intestine.
Zhengzitong (Comprehensive Dictionary of Characters): Describes a state of being fat or enlarged.
Poem by Han Yu presented to Zhang Ji: Remaining for days holding everything, the body suddenly becomes bloated and swollen.
Guangyun: Pronounced xu.
Jiyun and Yunhui (Compilation of Rhymes): Pronounced xu, meaning swollen.
Jiyun: Pronounced hong, with the same meaning.