Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 縡 Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 934, Entry 20 Pronounced zai (falling tone) according to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rimes (Yunhui), and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun). According to Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen), specifically in the new additions, it means matters or affairs. According to Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means to carry or to contain. In the Biography of Yang Xiong in the History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Hanshu), it is written as the affairs of high heaven. The commentator Yan Shigu stated that the character means affairs and is pronounced the same as zai. It is also pronounced zai (falling tone) according to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rimes (Yunhui), and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun); the meaning is the same. It is also pronounced zai (falling tone) according to Collected Rimes (Jiyun); the meaning is the same.