Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Field (tián) Male Kangxi strokes: 7 Page 759, Entry 02 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced nan. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): Refers to a husband or man. Composed of the radicals for field and power, signifying one who exerts strength in the fields. White Tiger Hall Discussions (Baihu Tong): Male implies responsibility. Responsibility refers to merit and achievement. Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Statements (Xici): The way of Heaven forms the male. Also a title of nobility. Record of Rites (Liji), Royal Regulations (Wangzhi): Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron, in total five ranks. Also a surname. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Basic Annals of Xia (Xia Benji): Among his descendants is the Nan clan. Also, in the Rhyme Supplements (Yunbu), pronounced ning. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): Lady Tai Si inherited a reputation for goodness, thus bearing one hundred sons.