Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower
Radical: Again (yòu)
Kangxi Strokes: 4
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Ancient form. Pronounced ji (falling tone).
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To reach or to overtake. Composed of the radicals for Again and Person.
Xu Kai says: The character denotes capturing a person. An ideogram.
Guangyun (Guangyun): To arrive at.
Yunhui (Yunhui): To extend to, to cover, or to reach everywhere.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Great Odes: Extending to the regions of the demons.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zhou: To bring peace to the high heaven.
Zengyun (Zengyun): To implicate or involve.
Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Year 6 of Duke Yin: If one harbors long-standing evil and does not repent, it will eventually implicate oneself.
Also, a conjunction indicating association with others.
Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Year 7 of Duke Xuan: Engaging in consultation is expressed as reaching with others.
Book of the Later Han (Houhan Shu), Biography of Partisan Prohibitions: Zhang Jian and seven others were known as the Eight Reachers, meaning they were capable of guiding people toward higher principles.
Yunbu (Yunbu): Also pronounced ji (entering tone).
Book of Odes (Shijing), Great Odes: The soldiers move swiftly, yet my heart finds no peace.