Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 544, Entry 12 Pronounced ma (falling tone). In The Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), The Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and The Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), it is noted as pronounced ma (falling tone). In The Jade Chapters (Yupian), it refers to a crossbar at the head of a bed. The Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui) cites the Commentary on the Carriage Mechanism of Master Zeng (Zengzi yuji shu), stating that a mechanism is made of wood, resembling a bed, and is tied at both ends with a rope, which is called a ma. According to The Correct Meaning (Zhengzitong), it is colloquially referred to as a wooden piece used to secure an object, known as a mazi. Textual research: The Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui) cites the Commentary on the Carriage Mechanism of Master Zeng, stating that the mechanism is made of wood, resembling a bed, and is tied at both ends with a rope, which is called a ma. In accordance with the original text, the phrasing tied at both ends with a rope has been corrected to tied to both ends with a rope.