Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Boat (zhōu) 艇 Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 1011, Entry 08 Ancient form. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) pronounce it ting (rising tone); Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui) pronounce it ting (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi states: A small boat. Explanation of Names (Shiming) states: A boat of two hundred hu capacity or more is called a ting. Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun) states: A boat that is small and long. Yangzi Dialects (Fangyan) states: A small ship is called a ting. Huainanzi, Treatise on Truth (Chuzhen Xun) states: A Shu ting is a boat made of a single plank, similar to those from Yuzhang today. Old Poems (Gushi) states: The boatman rows with two oars, urging the boat to bring Mo Chou. Also, in Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), it is pronounced ting (level tone). Old Music Bureau (Guyuefu) states: Along the river there are one hundred zhang of tracking lines, each wetting adds to one boat. The boatman going upstream carries his pole, when will he arrive at Jinling?