Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Ting Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 528, Entry 05 According to the Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is determined by combining the sounds, resulting in the pronunciation ting. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), the pronunciation is determined by combining the sounds, resulting in the pronunciation ting. According to the Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters (Shuowen), it refers to a single branch. Xu says, a ting is a solitary thing; it describes an appearance that is straight and unbending. In the History of the Northern Wei (Weishu), Biography of Li Xiaobo, it is recorded that Prince Jun of Wuling presented two vessels of wine and one hundred stalks of sugarcane. Also, in the Mencius (Mengzi), it is written: one can make them produce staves. Zhao Qi’s commentary states that a ting is a staff. In the History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Table of Feudal Lords, it is written: brandishing their white staves. Also, according to the Classified Chapters (Leipian), the pronunciation is determined by combining the sounds, resulting in the pronunciation ting. It is the name of a county. According to the History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Treatise on Geography, it belonged to the Jiaodong Kingdom.