Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Entry: 櫟 Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 560, Entry 30 Pronounced li. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): A type of tree. Xing Bing says: A tree resembling the tree of heaven (chū). Book of Odes (Shijing): On the mountains are bushy oak trees. Commentary: Citing the Erya (Approaching Elegance), it says: The oak, its fruit is encased in a cupule, known as an acorn. Lu Ji's Commentary: People of the Qin state call the sawtooth oak (zuò) by the name of oak (lì), and its fruit grows in a cupule. People of Henei call the knotweed (liǎo) an oak, which is a type of prickly ash (jiāo shā). Its fruit also grows in a cupule; the Qin poem should follow the local terminology where the sawtooth oak is the intended plant. Also, a tree that is not useful for timber. Zhuangzi (Master Zhuang): The carpenter Shi saw the oak tree of the altar, so large it could shade a herd of oxen, and the onlookers were like a marketplace, yet the carpenter Shi did not glance at it. Also, a tree that does not produce fire. Huainanzi (Master of Huainan): In the twelfth month, the tree is the oak. Gao You's Annotation: Wood does not generate fire, only the oak is this way. Also, a place name. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu): The Earl of Zheng, Tu, entered the city of Li. Also, a type of bird. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On the mountain of the Heavenly Emperor, there is a bird with black markings and a red neck, named the li bird. Also, interchangeable with the term for striking (yì). Book of Odes (Shijing): With drums, stone chimes, and wooden sounding boxes (zhù and yǔ). Commentary: The yǔ instrument is shaped like a crouching tiger, with twenty-seven notches on its back, carved from a piece of wood one foot long and struck with a stick (lì). Also, pronounced yue. Liyang, a county name. Book of Han (Hanshu): Belonged to Zuofengyi. Also, pronounced shuo. A place name, located in the Jin state. Also, pronounced luo. Book of Odes (Shijing): On the mountains are bushy oak trees, in the lowlands are six-legged beasts (bó). The pronunciation of oak (lì) and beast (bó) rhyme, there is not a separate pronunciation. Also, pronounced lao. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): He pretended that the soup was finished and scraped the pot (lào fǔ). The Book of Han (Hanshu) writes this as scraping the pot (lào fǔ).