Chen Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Tree (mù)
Kangxi Strokes: 15
Page 548, Entry 15
Pronounced man.
Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Also used for plastering.
Yupian (Jade Chapters): A tool used for plastering.
Guangya (Expanded Admonitions): The term man refers to greed.
Shiming (Explanation of Names): Called man. Man implies continuity, connecting the ends of the rafters to make them even and smooth.
Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced man. The meaning is the same.
Also the name of a type of tree.
Zhang Heng, Southern Capital Rhapsody (Nandu Fu): Among the trees found there are man, cypress, chaste tree, and kuan.
Commentary: Man refers to a type of thorn-like plant.
Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced men. The same as man.
Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced wan. Also refers to the man thorn.