Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Leather (gé) 巩 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 325, Entry 01 Pronounced gong (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To bind with leather. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Change (Ge Gua): To secure firmly with yellow ox leather. Also, Erya: A Dictionary (Erya), Explaining Ancient Words (Shi Gu): Gong means firm or solid. Also: Ke means the same as gong. Commentary: The appearance of being solid. Book of Odes (Shijing), Great Odes (Da Ya): The high and distant azure heaven, there is nothing that cannot be made firm. Also, Yang Xiong (Yangzi), Regional Dialects (Fangyan): Gong means to dry by fire. Whenever one removes liquid to dry something, it is called jian, and in the eastern Qi region, it is called gong. Also a name of a state: Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Year 15 of Duke Zhao: The armor produced by the state of Quegong was what King Wu of Zhou used to defeat the Shang dynasty. Commentary: Armor produced by the state of Quegong. Also, Guangyun: A county name. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Year 25 of Duke Zhao: Yin Wengong crossed the Luo River at Gong County. Commentary: Crossed the Luo River at Gong County. Also a name of a Qiang tribe: Book of Han (Qianshu), Biography of Zhao Chongguo: Tribes such as Jiangong and Huangdi. Book of the Later Han (Houhanshu), Annals of Emperor Shun: Suppressing the Gongtang Qiang tribes. Also a name of a prefecture: Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): The Wei Prefecture of the Tang dynasty, changed to Gong Prefecture in the Song dynasty. Also a surname: Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Year 2 of Duke Cheng: The Marquis of Jin sent Gong Shuo to present the spoils of the victory over the state of Qi to the royal house of Zhou.