Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bow (gōng) Kangxi Strokes: 9 Page 358, Entry 09 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced quan Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced quan According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), a repeating crossbow. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Sima Qian: Li Ling called out to encourage his troops; every soldier rose and shed tears, drawing their empty bows and facing the naked blades. Commentary: Li Qi states: A quan is a crossbow. Yan Shigu states: Some readers think the character quan should be read like the word for fist, which is a great error. A fist involves curling the fingers; one would not speak of drawing a fist. Since Li Ling had exhausted his arrows, he drew the empty bows of the crossbows; it does not refer to a hand or fist. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The name of a county, located in Xingyang. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced juan. The meaning is the same. Also, used interchangeably with the character for scroll or volume (juan). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): A scroll of a book. Nowadays written as the character for scroll or volume (juan). Also, used interchangeably with the character for a knotted cord (juan). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The character quan is used interchangeably with the character for a knotted cord (juan). It refers to rolling up sleeves with a cord. Also, used interchangeably with the character for molding (tuan). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The character for molding, meaning to mold rice into a ball. Sometimes written as the character for bow (quan).