You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 1167, Entry 14 Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced wei (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi: To involve or burden. Regarding the term zhun-wei, see the annotation for the character zhun above. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Hu Jian: Those who hold office should not burden their superiors. Annotation by Yan Shigu: To burden. It means that those who hold office should implement the law immediately upon seeing it, and should not use matters to burden those above them. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Cen Xi: Xi is truly talented; why be restricted by excuses? Commentary on Pronunciation and Meaning: To burden. Also, to entrust. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Jia Yi: There are still those who can be entrusted. Cai Mo states: Wei means to entrust. Correct Rhymes Commentary (Zhengyun Jian): Wei is similar to wei (to delegate). It means that it can still be delegated to another. Later generations borrowed this for the words tui-wei (to push responsibility) and wei-xie (to decline). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced wei (level tone). Er Ya: Zhun-wei means to involve or burden. Xie Qiao reads it this way. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced rui (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced rui (falling tone). The meaning is the same.