Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Self (jǐ) Kangxi Strokes: 9 Page 327, Entry 09 Pronounced jiang (falling tone) Pronounced jiang (falling tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): A path within a neighborhood. Composed of the radicals for city and common, it denotes a place within a city used collectively by everyone. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Refers to streets and lanes. Zengyun (Expanded Rhymes): A straight thoroughfare is called a street, while a winding one is called a lane. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zheng Feng: There is no one living in the lane. Commentary: Refers to a path within a neighborhood. Also, Zengyun: The long, interconnected corridors within a palace are called long lanes. Biographies of Exemplary Women (Lienü Zhuan): Empress Jiang of King Xuan of Zhou removed her hairpins and earrings to wait for punishment in the long lane. Sanfu Huangtu (Yellow Charts of the Three Prefectures): The long lane was a long passage within the palace used to confine disgraced palace women. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, it was renamed the side court and established as a prison. Also, Zengyun: Long lane is a general term for passages within the residences of the emperor, dukes, and marquises. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Guo Ziyi: His residence occupied one-quarter of the Qinren Ward, with long lanes connecting the interior. With three thousand members of his household moving about, one could not know exactly where he resided. Also, lane official refers to a eunuch. Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiaoya, Notes on Lane Official: A lane official is a eunuch. He is in charge of the orders of the queen; because he remains close to the inner court, he is called a lane official. Also, interchangeable with the character meaning a narrow lane (long). Yupian (Jade Chapters): This character is also written as a narrow lane (long). Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): The Sancang states: A street is an intersecting path. A narrow lane (long) is a special passage within a palace. Qu Yuan, Li Sao: The five sons therefore lost their family lineage. Also, Yunhui: Also written as a character meaning clamorous (hong). Yangzi, Xuexing Pian: A clamorous marketplace. Also pronounced hong (falling tone). Book of Odes (Shijing), Zheng Feng: Waiting for me in the lane, bullying me for not coming to see you off.