Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) 束 Kangxi stroke count: 7 Page 512, Entry 12 Pronounced shu According to the Shuo Wen Jiezi (Shuo Wen), it means to bind. Xu states: it refers to a bundle of firewood. Book of Odes (Shijing): Bound in bundles with white cogon grass. Also, five bolts of cloth are called a bundle. Book of Rites (Liji): Presenting one bundle of betrothal gifts. Also, fifty arrows are called a bundle. Book of Odes (Shijing): Their bundled arrows are examined. Also, ten strips of dried meat are called a bundle. Guliang Zhuan: Meat from a bundle of dried strips must not be taken across the border. Also a place name. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Han Shu): Shu Prefecture, a land of Zhao. Also a surname. Genealogical Record (Tongpu): Originating from Nanyang; descendants of Shu Guang of the Han dynasty, who changed the surname to Shu to avoid disaster. Pronounced shu (falling-rising tone) Rituals of Zhou (Zhou Li): To restrict or constrain. Rituals of Zhou (Zhou Li): The constraints of speech. The word Yao is pronounced yao. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Wait for the feudal lords to arrive, and then determine the constraints. Also, rhyming with lü, pronounced lü. Cai Yong, Rhapsody on the Brush (Bi Fu): Carving patterned bamboo to make a tube, like wrapping silk thread in a bundle. The form is shaped to be straight at the ends, dyed black and yellow to set the color. Composed of Tree (mù) and Mouth (kǒu); distinct from the character ci.