Chen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Tree (mù). Kangxi stroke count: 12. Page 535, Entry 11. According to Tang Rhymes (Tang yun), this character is identical to the character meaning the end of a carriage shaft (ni). It is also used as a loan character for the two characters meaning unstable or restless (wu nie). In The Great Mystery (Taixuan jing) by Yang Xiong: The round and the square are unstable and restless, empty and exchanging within. Commentary states: Unstable and restless refers to a lack of peace. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced nie. Xu Xun states: it means dangerous. Jia Shizhong states: it means standards or laws. Ban Gu states: it means unstable or restless.