Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Say (yuē) Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 503, Entry 02 Pronounced wan (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Written as man. To draw out. Composed of the radical for again/hand with the sound component mao. Yupian: Long. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Lu (Lusong): Very long and large. Commentary: Man means long. Sub-commentary: It means to cultivate and to be vast. Also: History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Maidens of Zheng and beautiful ladies. Note: Man refers to the luster and smoothness of their complexion. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Heavenly Questions (Tianwen): Flat ribs and smooth skin. Note: Man means light and fine. Also: History of the Former Han, Biography of Sima Qian: Beautiful words to justify oneself. Note: Ru Chun said: Man means beautiful. Also: Zhuangzi, Horse Hooves: The horse knows how to turn its head to chafe and break the bridle. Note: Man means to butt, referring to bending the neck against the bridle to butt forward. Also: Yangzi, Model Sayings (Fayan): The people of Zhou have much conduct, the people of Qin have much illness. Conduct exists, and illness is a lack of it. Note: Man means to have none. Also a surname: History of the Former Han, Treatise on the Five Elements: Man Man. Note: An official of Zheng. Also: Pronounced man (flat tone). Guangya: Man man means long. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Encountering Sorrow (Lisao): The road is long and far away. Note: Man is sometimes written as man (to spread). Also: Pronounced man (falling tone). Man yan means infinite. Zhuangzi, Allegorical Words: Because of this, it is infinite, which is why it exhausts the years. Also: Pronounced man (rising tone). Man huan means indistinct or not clearly differentiated. Also: Same as the word for barbarian (man). Gongyang Commentary, Year 16 of Duke Zhao: The Viscount of Chu lured the Manzi of the Rong and killed him. Explanation of Texts: Man is pronounced like the word for barbarian. Two other commentaries write it as Rong Man (barbarian). Also: Pronounced wu (rising tone). Yangzi: The sage says nothing. Note: Man is pronounced wu (nothing). However, in Model Sayings, Chapter of Chongli, man is defined as nothing, and is not pronounced as the word for nothing. Also: Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu): Rhymes with the sound wu (level tone). Songs of Chu, Great Summons: With beautiful eyes that suit smiling, and moth-eyebrows that are long and graceful. The appearance is elegant and refined, with a youthful red face. O soul, return! Be still and find peace.