Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi strokes: 10. Page 427, Entry 19. Pronounced guo. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen jiezi), it was originally written in another form. It means to restrain or to bind. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To tie or fasten. Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): To include or to summarize. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram Kun: Tightening the strings of a bag, resulting in neither blame nor praise. Also, Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Xici): Acting without encountering obstruction. Subcommentary (Shu): To be restrained or to have obstacles. History of the Former Han (Qianhan shu), Biography of Xiang Yu: To encompass all under heaven, to gather the four seas within a bag. Yang Xiong's Dialects (Fangyan): To close or shut. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To arrive. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wang: The sun sets, and the cattle and sheep return and gather. Also, to examine. To investigate thoroughly. Old History of the Tang (Tang shu), Treatise on the Selection of Officials: Those who took the classical studies examination only memorized the outlines to cope with the test. Treatise on Food and Money (Shihuo zhi): While minting coins, they conducted a thorough investigation of the young sprout tax. Also, interchangeable with the character meaning the end of an arrow. It refers to the notch that fits the bowstring. Book of Documents (Shujing), Ta Jia: Just like drawing a crossbow, one must repeatedly check if the arrow tail and the aiming mark align, then release. Also, interchangeable with the character for a topknot. To bind the hair. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: To leave the upper body exposed and bind the hair with hemp. Pronounced huo. To assemble. Interchangeable with the character meaning to gather. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom (Xiaoya): Good news arrives, causing the scattered to reunite. Commentary (Jian): To bring together those who have been dispersed. Pronounced kuo. Also interchangeable with the character meaning the end of an arrow.