Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Kangxi stroke count: 22 Page 904, Entry 45 Pronounced long. According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), it is pronounced long. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), it is pronounced long. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is a vessel for lifting soil. Another interpretation is that it is a bamboo basket. According to the Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital (Xijing Zaji), the Han dynasty regulations stated that the Emperor used ivory for fire baskets. Furthermore, a bird cage is called a cage. According to the Zhuangzi, in the chapter Geng Sang Chu, if the world is used as a cage for it, then the sparrow has nowhere to escape. Additionally, it means to encompass or gather. According to the History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), in the Treatise on Food and Money, it refers to gathering goods or monopolizing salt and iron. Also, a container for arrows made of bamboo. According to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), in the Summer Official, during hunting and archery, one fills the arrow quivers. The commentary notes that this refers to a bamboo arrow quiver. Also a place name. According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in the Biography of the Xiongnu, in the fifth month, a great assembly was held at Long City. According to the Supplement to the Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui Bu), this was outside the civilizing influence of the Southern regions, historically the land of the Southern Yue, where the Tang dynasty established Long Prefecture. Also pronounced long. A type of bamboo. According to Zhang Heng's Rhapsody on the Southern Capital (Nandu Fu), its bamboo includes the Zonglong variety. Also, the wooden frame of a bamboo carriage. According to Master Yang's Dialects (Fangyan), a carriage component is called a long in the regions of Song and Wei. According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in the Biography of Tian Dan, he ordered his clansmen to saw off the ends of their carriage axles and attach iron cages. The commentary notes that according to the Dialects, the carriage axle tip is called a long in the Qi region. Also a type of grass. According to the Guanzi, in the section on Soil Properties, it mentions the long grass and saline soil. Also pronounced long. A bamboo trunk or box. Also a bamboo implement. According to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), in the Earth Official, specifically the Officer of the Thoroughfares, during rural labor and burials, one carries the grindstone and provides the hill basket. Also synonymous with the term for being soaked or drenched. According to the Xunzi, in the Discussion of Military Affairs, it refers to moving eastward while soaked and retreating. The commentary notes that this is synonymous with being wet and dripping.