Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Eye (mù) 眇 Kangxi Strokes: 9 Page 802, Entry 17 Pronounced miao (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): One eye is small. Shiming (Explanation of Names): When the eye socket is sunken and narrow, it is called miao. Miao means small. Zhengyun (Standard Rhymes): Refers to partial blindness; specifically, one eye is blind. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram Lu: Having an eye ailment yet forcing oneself to look at things. Guliang Zhuan (Guliang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals), First Year of Duke Cheng: Xi Ke of the State of Jin was blind in one eye. Also, Zhengyun: Refers to something minute, tiny, or of a trivial nature. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Edict of Emperor Zhao: I, with my insignificant person, guard the ancestral temple. Also, Guangya (Expanded Dictionary): Refers to something distant. Zhuangzi, Geng Sang Chu: To hide one's body, not minding if it is hidden deep and far away. Also, Zengyun (Additions to the Rhymes): Refers to being exhausted or thorough. Xunzi, Wangzhi Chapter: The king’s benevolence extends throughout the world, his justice extends throughout the world, and his majesty extends throughout the world. Also: To look closely. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Ban Gu’s Answer to the Guest's Play: Li Lou could observe the tip of an autumn hair. Also: Yaomiao, referring to the appearance of looking into the distance. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Lowering one's head to look into the distance, yet seeing nothing. Also, Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes) and Zhengyun: Pronounced miao (falling tone). Leipian (Classified Dictionary): Refers to achievement or completion. Book of Changes (Yijing), Xici: Investigating all things to reach a conclusion. This is the interpretation of Wang Su. Current editions write this as miao. Also, Jiyun: Miaoran, referring to a minute or tiny appearance. Also: Youmiao, referring to something profound and subtle. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Praise of Emperor Yuan: To exhaust the principles of the profound and subtle. Commentary: Yan Shigu reads this as yaomiao. Also: Yaomiao, referring to a beautiful appearance. Songs of Chu (Chu Ci), Nine Songs: A posture that is beautiful and well-adorned.