You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: See (jiàn) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 1135, Entry 05 Pronounced tiao (falling tone). According to the Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters), when feudal lords visit one another every three years it is called tiao. Tiao means to see. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), under the Office of Spring: To regulate the badges of rank, one uses tiao and pin (official visits). The commentary states: when many officials come it is called tiao, when few come it is called pin. In the Great Minister of Religion (Da Zongbo): periodic inquiries are called pin, while frequent visits are called tiao. The commentary states: frequent tiao refers to the years of service at court; because few attend the court, the feudal lords send high officials to perform the great ceremony of the frequent visit. It also means to see. In the Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), the fifth year of Duke Zhao: entertaining and tiao with a jade tablet. The commentary states: this refers to entertaining and seeing after the morning audience and official visit. Also pronounced tiao. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced tiao (rising tone). Written as a variant of the character meaning to gaze into the distance. In the Thinking Rhapsody (Si Fu) by Zhang Heng: letting the eyes gaze into the distance at the Heng-e mountain range.