Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Ping Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 517, Entry 04 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced ping. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced ping. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ping. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Level or flat. Explanation of Names (Shiming): Ping means level. It is crafted from wooden boards, and its surface is flat and even. It also refers to a chessboard. Yang Xiong, Dialects (Fangyan): An implement used for throwing game pieces is called a ping. Wei Yao, Treatise on Chess (Boyilun): One focuses only on what is upon a chessboard. Also, pingzhong, the name of a type of tree. Sometimes written in a variant form (zhi). Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglinfu): Magnificent maples, pings, and hawthorns. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced bing. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Written as ping. The character ping is derived from zuo. Textual Research: Yi Ya (Yi Ya Shi Chuang): Ping means level. Made from boards to make its body flat and even. Respectfully noting that the two words ping means level come from Explanation of Names (Shiming). According to the original book, the four characters Yi Ya Shi Chuang have been changed to Explanation of Names (Shiming). Yang Xiong, Dialects (Fangyan): Throwing game pieces is called ping. Respectfully noting that according to the original text, the two characters so as to have been added before throwing.