Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bone (gǔ) Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 1449, Entry 06 Pronounced qiao. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The shin. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): The part of the shin bone near the foot where it tapers. Book of Rites (Zhouli), section Winter Officials, Artificers Record (Kaogongji), Wheel-maker: Divide the circumference of the thigh into three parts, and remove one to define the circumference of the shin. Commentary: The shin refers to the part near the hub. It is called the shin to illustrate its slender shape. Book of Rites (Zhouli), section Winter Officials, Artificers Record (Kaogongji), Bow-maker commentary: The people of Qi call the hands and feet the shin. Erya (Approaching Elegance), section Explaining Domestic Animals: A horse with four white shins is called a zhui. Commentary: The shin is the part below the knee. Yang Xiong, Regional Speech (Fangyan): The shin is called a qiong. Commentary: This refers to the blade of a spear. Leipian (Classified Chapters): Sometimes also written in a variant form. Pronounced jiao. Pronounced jiao (third tone). Pronounced xiao (fourth tone). Pronounced qiao (fourth tone). The meaning is the same. Pronounced xiao. Identical to the character for a whistling arrow. Textual verification note: In the commentary to the section on Bow-makers in the Artificers Record of the Book of Rites, the original text contains the character jian, which has been corrected to the character for shin here.