Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cover (yà) Kangxi Strokes: 9 Page 1128, Entry 16 Ancient script. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui) state: pronounced yao. Broadly Elegant (Boya) states: to bind or covenant. Analects of Confucius (Lunyu): To hold a long-standing covenant and not forget the words of one's life. Commentary: Long-standing covenant means an old agreement. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), 14th year of Duke Ai: If you had made Ji Lu intercept me, I would not have entered into an alliance. Also, to seek. Mencius (Mengzi): Cultivate one's heavenly rank in order to seek human rank. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing), Wei Wind: To bind it and to hem it, a good person wears it. Also, to assemble. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music (Yueji): To assemble the rhythms. Commentary: To assemble means the same as to meet. Explanatory Text (Shiwen): Pronounced yao. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To restrain. Also, to intercept or coerce. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Annals of Emperor Wen: The Emperor wished to lead an expedition against the Xiongnu himself; the ministers remonstrated but were not heard. The Empress Dowager firmly coerced him, and the Emperor desisted. Also, to investigate or examine. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Autumn Official, Village Officers: Distinguish the nature of their death crimes and examine them. Sub-commentary: To examine means to verify the facts. Book of Documents (Shujing), Kang Gao section: To examine the prisoner's case means to investigate the prisoner's situation and obtain their testimony to judge the crime. Also, beyond the royal domain is called the domain of restraint. Book of Documents (Shujing), Tribute of Yu (Yugong): Five hundred miles of the domain of restraint. Also, a surname. Comprehensive Records (Tongzhi), Treatise on Clans: Descendants of the Wu person Yao Li. In the Han dynasty there was a Prefect of Henan named Yao Jing. In the Tang dynasty there was a General of the Northern Regions named Yao Zhen. Also, a river name. Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijingzhu): The Ru River, which further flows southeast and joins the Yao River. Also, Qingyao, a mountain name. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): The mountain of Qingyao is truly the secret capital of the Emperor. Also, Gaoyao, a county name. Unified Gazetteer (Yitongzhi): Belongs to Guangzhou Prefecture. Also, used interchangeably with waist. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): The middle of the body, it represents the shape of a person's waist. Now written as waist. See the Flesh radical for details. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced yao (falling tone). Character Sea (Pianhai): To summarize; a summary or meeting. Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojing): The former kings had supreme virtue and essential ways. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Annals of Sima Yi: The main essentials of military affairs are five. Also, in the Analects of Confucius (Lunyu), long-standing covenant is also read in the falling tone. Wang Anshi, Song of the Old Man: Since ancient times human affairs have been like this, today why talk of long-standing covenants. Rhymes with qiao. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yao. Same as the character for a fine horse (yao). A name for a fine horse. Sometimes written as yao. Also, pronounced miao. Same as the character for slow and graceful (yao). Sometimes written as yao. Describes a slow and relaxed appearance.