Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Moon (yuè) Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 981, Entry 03 Collection of Rhymes Supplement (Yùnhuì Xiǎobǔ): The same as jiao. Refers to the intersection of the orbits of the sun and the moon. Jiao. Tang Rhyme (Tángyùn): Pronounced jiao. Collection of Rhymes (Jíyùn), Collection of Rhymes (Yùnhuì), Orthodox Rhymes (Zhèngyùn): Pronounced jiao. Explaining Characters (Shuōwén): The meaning of adhesion. Made using hide. Xu says: Ni means to adhere. Jade Chapter (Yùpiān): Produced by boiling hide or horn. Broad Rhyme (Guǎngyùn): Refers to glue and lacquer. Rites of Zhou (Zhōulǐ), Winter Officer, Record of Tradesmen (Kǎogōngjì), Wheelwright: When applying glue, it must be thick. Also, Bow Maker: Generally, when selecting glue, one should choose a vermilion red color with interlaced patterns. What is called xi refers to a deep color with interlaced patterns, a moist surface, and a texture that is fine, round, and tough. Deer glue is bluish-white, horse glue is reddish-white, ox glue is fire-red, rat glue is black, fish glue resembles the color of bait, and rhinoceros glue is yellow. All things used for adhesion should not be overly square. Commentary: Xi is pronounced cuo. Within a pure red, there are interlaced patterns. Ze refers to the moist luster of the texture both inside and out. Zhen means fine and dense. Tuan, pronounced tuan, means round. Lian means sharp and tough. Ni was originally written as a variant form (ni). By saying it is not square and is supple, it means one does not select it for its square shape. Also, Literary Expositor (Ěryǎ), Explanation of Words (Shìgǔ): Jiao means firm. Commentary: Jiao is a substance used to secure objects. Book of Odes (Shījīng), Minor Odes (Xiǎoyǎ): A good reputation is very firm. Commentary: Jiao means firm. Also, Broad Expositor (Bóyǎ): Means to deceive. Also means perverse. Records of the Grand Historian (Shǐjì), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Winding and twisting, perverse and not upright. Commentary: Jiaoli means wicked and crooked. Also, Broad Rhyme (Guǎngyùn): Refers to the Imperial Academy. Corrective Pronunciation Handbook (Zhèngzìtōng): Dongjiao is the name of a school in the Zhou dynasty. In Zhou dynasty schools, the Chengjun (university) was in the center, to the left was the Dongxu (elementary school), and to the right was the Guzong (music school). Dongjiao is the same as Dongxu. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Jíyùn): Means to gather together. Book of Rites (Lǐjì), Royal Regulations (Wángzhì): In the Dongjiao, provide for the elders of the state. Commentary: Jiao has the meaning of to gather. Also, Orthodox Rhymes (Zhèngyùn): Refers to being stuck or blocked, as if by sticky mud. Zhuangzi, Free and Easy Wandering (Xiāoyáo Yóu): If you place a cup on it, it will become stuck and motionless. Also, Jiaoge, refers to vital energy or atmosphere. History of the Former Han (Qiánhàn), Biography of Yang Xiong: Touching the vital energy, soaring to the gates of the nine heavens. Commentary: Jiaoge refers to the clear energy of the heavens. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Yùnhuì): Means harmonious. Book of Odes (Shījīng), Zheng Odes (Zhèngfēng): The crowing of the rooster is harmonious and pleasant. Commentary: Jiaojiao is like jie-jie (the sound of birds chirping). Also, means deceptive. Yangzi, Dialects (Fāngyán): Jiao means fraudulent. In the southwest region of Liangzhou, it is called jiao. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Yùnhuì): A river name. There is a Jiao River in Laizhou. Also, a place name. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhànguócè): Hand over the Jiaodong region to the Yan state. Also, a surname. History of the Former Han (Qiánhàn), Table of Ancient and Modern People: There is Jiao Ge. Also, Broad Rhyme (Guǎngyùn): Pronounced jiao. The meaning is the same. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Yùnhuì), Orthodox Rhymes (Zhèngyùn): Pronounced jiao. Describes a state of agitation and unrest. Zhuangzi, The Way of Heaven (Tiāndào Piān): In a state of confusion and agitation. Phonetics and Meaning: Pronounced jiao. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Jíyùn): Pronounced rao. Xun-jiao describes a state of disorder. Also, Pronounced hao. Means perverse. Songs of the South (Chǔcí), Nine Arguments (Jiǔbiàn): How much more so for the affairs of a country, they are numerous and tangled and perverse. Commentary: Jiaojia means perverse. Pronounced hao. Also, Five Sounds Collection of Rhymes (Wǔyīn Jíyùn): Pronounced qiao. Describes an uneven surface.