Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Turban (jīn) Entry: 16 Page 337, Entry 08 Pronounced qiao. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to gathering hair. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it is that which covers the hair bun. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it is a headband. According to the Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, it is a headband; from the north of the Yellow River, between the regions of Zhao and Wei, it is called a headband. It is also called a belt, or a band. According to the Extensive Refinements (Guangya), a net-head is a headband. In the ancient Music Bureau (Yuefu) poem On the Road (Moshang Sang), it is written: The young man saw Luofu, he took off his hat and wore a headband. According to the Categorized Chapters (Leipian), it is sometimes written as a variant form (shan). In the Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), in the commentary on mourning garments, it says: using hemp from the neck forward, crossing at the forehead, then winding back around the hair bun as if wearing a headband. It is also commonly written as a variant form (xiao). According to the Explaining Names (Shiming), it is a hair-wrap; xiao means to collect, collecting the hair to make it follow upward. It is also called a head-covering. People of Qi call it by another name. In the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), in the Biography of Xiang Xu, it is written: He liked to wear his hair loose, wearing a crimson head-wrap. The commentary notes that xiao should be written as qiao. It is also commonly written as a variant form (qiao). According to the Book of Jin (Jinshu), in the Treatise on the Five Elements, it is written: During the Taiyuan era, people no longer wore headbands. Pronounced cao. The meaning is the same. According to the Categorized Chapters (Leipian), it is sometimes written as a variant form.