Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) 脚 Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 983, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced jiao Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jiao Explaining Writing (Shuowen): The shin. Explanations of Names (Shiming): Foot (jiao) means to retreat (que). It is so named because when one sits, it is placed to the rear. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: When the feet are swollen and sore (Shimen commentary): Swollen refers to the shin and foot. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): The Country of Long Thighs is located north of Xiongchang, with disheveled hair. Another account says it is the Country of Long Feet. 腳 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced jiao Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced jiao Explaining Writing (Shuowen): The shin. Also written in a variant form (jiao). Explanations of Names (Shiming): Retreat (que). It is so named because when one sits, it is placed to the rear. Xunzi, Rectifying Arguments chapter: To curse, insult, grab, strike, beat, crush, and break the legs. Also, to trample things with the foot is called jiao. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on Sir Fantasy (Zixu fu): To shoot the elk and grasp the unicorn. Commentary: Guo Pu says: To grasp the foot. Selections of Refined Literature (Wenxuan), Li Shan commentary: Jiao means to hold onto its leg.