Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Leather (gé) 鞠 Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 1389, Entry 05 In ancient scripts. Pronounced ju. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): To kick a ball. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce): Engaging in the six-board game and kicking balls. Note: Liu Xiang's Miscellaneous Records (Bielu) states: The game of kicking balls was created by the Yellow Emperor; it served as a form of entertainment and a way to train soldiers. Yang Xiong's Model Sayings (Fayan): Sewing leather together to make a ball. Also, Erya: Explanations of Words (Shiyan): Ju means to be born. Yang Xiong's Dialect (Fangyan): Means to nurture. Between the regions of Chu, Han, and Zheng, it is called ju. Book of Odes (Shijing): Mother has nurtured me. Book of Documents (Shangshu): The people of Ju deliberate on how to preserve their settlements. Also, Erya: Explanations of Words (Shiyan): Ju means immature. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Do not abandon the immature child to shame. Commentary: Ju child means an immature child. Also, Yupian: To push. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): To investigate to the very end. Book of Documents (Shangshu): You bring this suffering upon yourself. Commentary: Ju means to exhaust or reach the end. Book of Odes (Shijing): Having already reported that it has stopped, why has it come to an end again? Also, Book of Odes (Shijing): The land is covered in overgrown grass. Note: Ju means to exhaust. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce): When a matter fails, one likes to get to the bottom of it. Note: Ju means to exhaust. Also, Erya: Explanations of Evidence (Shizheng): Ju means to be filled or overflowing. Book of Odes (Shijing): These calamitous words have descended. Commentary: Ju means to be full or overflowing. Also, Yupian: To announce. Book of Odes (Shijing): The army is notified. Commentary: Ju means to announce. Also, Yunhui: To bow down. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): When entering the gate holding the jade tablet, one bows down as if afraid of losing it. Also, a surname. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Originates from Donglai. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce): Grand Tutor Ju Wu. Customs and Traditions (Fengsutong): Han Dynasty Secretariat Director Ju Tan. Western Capital Miscellaneous Records (Xijing Zaji): Ju Daolong was skilled in magic. Also, celestial bodies. Da Dai Liji (Record of Rites by Dai the Elder): When Ju appears. What is Ju? It is the name of a star. Also interchangeable with Chrysanthemum (jú). Book of Rites (Liji): The chrysanthemum has yellow flowers. Annotation: Ju was originally written as the character for chrysanthemum. Also. Pronounced qu. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): A ball made of leather, now commonly referred to as a ball. Jiyun: Also written as the variant form (ju). Also. Pronounced qu. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Also a surname. Also. Book of Rites (Liji): The Son of Heaven offers ceremonial robes to his ancestors. Note: Robes dyed with yellow mulberry. Annotation: Pronounced qu. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Ceremonial robes. Note: Yellow mulberry robes. The color is like the dust of fermenting yeast, resembling the newly sprouted leaves of a mulberry tree. Also, Jiyun: Leaven for making liquor. Originally written as a different character. Sometimes written as variant forms. See entries under the Bamboo radical and the Wheat radical. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced qiong. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): Is there the medicinal herb shan ju qiong? Note: Shan ju qiong is used to prevent dampness. Annotation: Pronounced qiong. Jiyun: Originally written as a different character, also written as the variant form (qiong). See entries under the Grass radical. Also, rhyming with ge. Songs of Chu (Chuci): My heart is heavy and knotted, grieving long in this state of exhaustion. I calm my emotions and align my will, feeling wronged and suppressing myself. Textual research: In the Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), the mention of the medicinal herb was corrected to use the proper character for qiong.