Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Entry: 椈 Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 536, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced ju. Lei Bian (Classified Compilation): Name of a tree. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Explaining Trees: The cypress is known as ju. Book of Rites (Liji), Miscellaneous Records: Use a mortar made of ju wood for the sacrificial wine. Commentary: To clarify and strain the fragrant sacrificial wine, use a mortar made of cypress and a pestle made of paulownia wood. The cypress is fragrant and the paulownia is clean; this is considered appropriate for offerings to the spirits. Piya (Amplified Elegance): The nature of ju wood is hard and dense; it contains resin and is fragrant, so the ancients split it to make mortars for pounding aromatic herbs.