Xu Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Leather (gé)
Entry: 韄
Kangxi strokes: 23
Page 1392, Entry 25
Pronounced yi. Originally written as the following.
Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explanations of Characters): Silk cords for a sheathed knife.
Pronounced huo. Same meaning.
Zhuangzi (Gengsangchu): Those who restrain from the outside cannot be burdened or seized, and will eventually seal from within. Those who restrain from within cannot be entangled or seized, and will eventually seal from the outside.
Pronounced huo. Same meaning.
Pronounced wo. To bind. Another source states: leather in the center of a knife hilt.
Pronounced hu.
Yupian (Jade Chapters): Silk cords for a sheathed knife.
Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Decoration for a sheathed knife.
Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): The sheathed knife is called hu.
Textual Research: Zhuangzi (Gengsangchu) text reads: Those who restrain from the outside. Following the original text, corrected the character tian to the character fu.