Xu Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Leaf (yè)
Kangxi Strokes: 16
Page 1405, Entry 10
Pronounced han (falling-rising tone).
Explaining Writing (Shuowen): A yellow face.
Chu Yuan, Encountering Sorrow (Lisao): To have long-term hunger and a sallow face, what harm is there in that?
Commentary: This refers to the appearance of not having enough to eat.
Also refers to the jaw or cheeks.
Explication of Names (Shiming): Han means to contain. It is the chariot that contains things in the mouth. Some call it the jawbone, which is also used for carrying things.
History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Ban Chao: A tiger head and a swallow-like chin.
Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi), Discourse on Swords (Shuojian pian): Under the chin of the black dragon.
Also Yang Xiong, Regional Speech (Fangyan): Han refers to the chin. In Southern Chu, it is called han.
Pronounced qin (falling-rising tone).
To lower the head.
Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Twenty-sixth Year of Duke Xiang: The Marquis of Wei entered and met those at the gate, merely nodding his head at them.
Commentary: This means he shook his head.
Pronounced han (level tone).
Also means a yellow face.
Verification: Explication of Names (Shiming) is the source for the definition of han as contain, thus the reference has been corrected from the original text mentioning Elegant Exegesis (Yiya) to Explication of Names (Shiming).