Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 糾 Kangxi Strokes: 8 Page 915, Entry 03 Pronounced jiu (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Words and Phrases): Three ropes twisted together. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Jia Yi: How is this different from tangled ropes? Commentary: Tongsu Wen (Common Language) states that twisted ropes are called jiu. Also, from Guangya (Broad Refinements): To lift up. Book of Documents (Shujing), Jiongming: To restrain transgressions and correct errors. Commentary: Jiu means to expose or lift up one's mistakes. Zuo Zhuan, Year 6 of Duke Zhao: Regulate them through administration. Commentary: Jiu means to lift up or expose. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven, Grand Administrator: To regulate the ten thousand people. Commentary: Jiu means to examine. Also, Minor Administrator: Concerning all the prohibitions of the palace. Commentary: Jiu means to cut or to examine. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: The winding, twisting hemp sandals. Commentary: Means to wrap around. Commentary: Refers to a loose and airy appearance. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Gongsun Zan: To gather people together. Commentary: Jiu means to collect. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Xun Yu: To collect those who are separated and gather those who are scattered. Commentary: Jiu means to join together. Also, Yupian (Jade Chapters): To report. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): To supervise, to investigate, to be urgent, to be perverse. Also, Jiyun (Collected Rhymes): Pronounced jiao. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Chen: Graceful and winding. Commentary: Yaojiu refers to a relaxed and graceful posture. Also, Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced jiu. The meaning is the same. Also, Yunbu (Rhyme Supplements): Rhymes with you; to knot. Xi Kang, Rhapsody on the Zither (Qinfu): Bubbling and surging, coiling like snakes. Flowing like a great river, reaching the central region. Zhengzitong (Comprehensive Compilation of Characters): The common form using the dou radical to write it as 紏 is incorrect. According to Shuowen Jiezi, jiu originally belonged to the jiu radical, but it has now been merged into this radical.