Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Zhen Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 920, Entry 23 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zhen (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhen (rising tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): To turn. Book of Master Huainan (Huainanzi): A thousand changes and a thousand turnings. Also: to be twisted. Book of Mencius (Mengzi): This is like someone twisting their older brother's arm. Also: Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced tian (rising tone). Same meaning. Also: Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Zhen, sometimes written in a variant form (zhen), meaning a single-layered garment. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced shan (rising tone). Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Bureau, Records of Artificers (Kaogongji), Bow Maker: The horns of an old ox are twisted and uneven. Commentary: Zhen, read as zhen in the term for binding. Sub-commentary: Zhen means the grain is coarse and chaotic, lacking luster. Also: Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zhan (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhan (rising tone). To twist a rope. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chan (rising tone). Same meaning. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tian (rising tone). Classification of Characters (Leipian): The appearance of being near death. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jin (rising tone). Jin is sometimes written as zhen. To wrap silk tightly. Textual research: Book of Master Huainan (Huainanzi), Spiritual Training: A thousand changes and a thousand turnings. We have corrected the text by adding the character for change after the character for thousand. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Bureau, Records of Artificers (Kaogongji), Bow Maker: The horns of an old ox are twisted and uneven. Commentary: Zhen, read as zhen in the term for binding. We have corrected the text by changing the character for bind to the character for bind as found in the original.