Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) 榷 Kangxi brush strokes: 14 Page 544, Entry 27 Pronounced jue. According to the Explaining and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen jiezi), this is a wooden beam placed across water, used as a tool for crossing. Xu says this is what is now called a water bridge. According to the Annals of Emperor Wu in the History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), initially the brewing and selling of alcohol were monopolized. Wei Zhao says that using wood to cross water is called que. Shigu says that because the state prohibits private brewing and selling of alcohol at bridge crossings, it is like setting up a wooden barrier on a road to establish a monopoly and capture profits. The Yunjian states that quegu is a method of taxation. In the Biography of Wang Mang, it is called gu. In the History of Jin (Jin Shu), Biography of the Southern Barbarians, it is called gujiao; the meaning is the same. Also pronounced jiao. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced que. The name of a tree, which is the trifoliate orange. It bears fruit resembling a pomelo.