Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Entry: 椁 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 535, Entry 15 Pronounced guo. Sometimes also written in a variant form (guǒ). Shuowen Jiezi says: A wooden structure for burial. Shiming says: A guo is an enclosure (kuo). Tang dynasty commentator Jia Gongyan says: The coffin wraps the body, and the guo wraps the coffin. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong section: The Sima of Huan built a stone outer coffin; it was not completed after three years. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), First Year of Duke Ding: Wei Shu died at Ning, and Fan Xianzi removed his cypress outer coffin. Also, in Guangyun, it is the name of a tree. Also means to measure. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Official, Artificer's Record: For the wheelwright, one-third of the felloe circumference is painted, and two-thirds of the inner lacquer is enclosed, with the center bent to form the length of the nave. Textual verification: Guangya defines guo as an enclosure. According to the original book, changed to Shiming. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Official, Artificer's Record: Regarding the wheels of a war chariot, they are six feet and six inches in height, with the inner lacquer enclosed, and the center bent to form the length of the nave. Note: The following two sentences are from the Artificer's Record and should not be connected as they were. Following the original text, corrected to: Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Official, Artificer's Record: For the wheelwright, one-third of the felloe circumference is painted, and two-thirds of the inner lacquer is enclosed, with the center bent to form the length of the nave.