Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Square (fāng) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 484, Entry 18 According to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is liu. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it refers to the pendants hanging from a banner. According to the Categorized Compilation (Leipian), it refers to the streamers of a banner. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), under the Odes of Shang, it states, To serve as a pendant for the lower states. The Commentary says, the pendant is a mark of rank. The Supplementary Note says, these are the streamers of a banner. It also refers to the pendants of a ceremonial cap, formed by silk cords strung with jade, hanging from the front and back of the cap. In the Book of Rites (Liji), under the Jade Bead Pendants, it states, The Emperor has twelve jade bead pendants. The Commentary says, the Emperor uses five colors to create the pendants, totaling twelve. Additionally, according to the Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), it rhymes with the sound liu. In the Poem by Pi Rixiu, Supplementing the Nine Xia Songs, it states, With what shall we rejoice, with the nine arrangements of metal and stone. With what shall we bestow, with the dragon banner of nine pendants. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes also written in variant forms (you) or (liu).