Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 23 Page 464, Entry 01 Pronounced cuan. To gather together. Book of Rites: The Great Man (Daren fu): Gathered and arranged in rows. Also from The Imperial Park (Shanglin fu): Gathered and standing, clustered and leaning against one another. From a poem by Song Zhiwen: The river water eddies, cloud walls rotate, the sky appears narrow, and mountain peaks gather within the mist. Also refers to covering a coffin without burial; also written as variant form (zuan). Also a place name. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), 25th Year of Duke Xi: The Marquis of Jin had an audience with the King of Zhou, who bestowed upon him the fields of Yangfan, Wen, Yuan, Zuan, and Mao. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): History of Administrative Geography (Junguo zhi): In Henan Commandery, Xiuwu contains the fields of Yangfan, Zuan, and Mao. Commentary: Du Yu states there is Zuan City to the northwest of the county. According to Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan) and Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), the character for Zuan uses the hand radical. Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui) changes it to the wood radical, writing it as variant form (zuan). Pronounced wan (falling tone). Also means to gather. Pronounced zan. Meaning is the same. Pronounced zuan. To organize and select. Book of Rites (Liji): Inner Teachings (Neize): For crabapples and pears, one must sort them carefully. Sub-commentary: To carefully inspect the insect holes one by one. Interchangeable with the character (zuan). Pronounced jian. Means to break or snap. Pronounced juan. In the Rhapsody on the Jingfu Hall (Jingfu dian fu) by Wei Dan: The rafters and pillars interweave in beautiful complexity, with brackets on the pillars gathered like fish scales. Lotuses are planted along the sides, and the ornate ceiling hangs inverted.