Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) 蚧 Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 1078, Entry 25 According to the Classic of Categorized Words (Leipian), pronounced jie. According to the Dai Records of Ritual (Daidaili), fish swim in the water and birds fly among the clouds, so in winter, swallows and sparrows enter the sea and transform into jie. Also referred to as gejie. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao), they have toad-like heads, fine scales, and long tails; they grow in the Lingnan region, dwelling within old walls and banyan trees. According to a poem by Chen Fu of the Yuan dynasty, when the longan flowers bloom, the gejie calls out. Also a place name. Huangjie Pool, found in the Xiangcheng County Gazetteer (Xiangchengxianzhi). According to the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), it is also used interchangeably with jie. In the History of the Later Han (Houhanshu), in the Biography of Xian, it is stated that the trouble on the frontier is like the itching of a scabies sore on the hands and feet. The character is sometimes written as a variant form (jie). According to the Straight Rhymes (Zhiyin), it is also written in a variant form.