Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Horse (mǎ) Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1442, Entry 28 Guangyun, Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun: Pronounced zhi. Yupian: A stallion. Erya, Shichu: A stallion is called zhi. Liushutong: To ride a horse up a mountain. Derived from zhi. Zhi means to ascend. Erya, Shizheng: Zhi means to ascend. Commentary: The Dialect (Fangyan) says: Between the states of Lu and Wei, it is called zhi. It also means to settle or establish. Book of Documents (Shujing), Great Plan (Hongfan): Heaven silently settles the common people. Commentary: Means to settle. Shiwen: Zhi is pronounced yi. Ma Rong says it means to ascend. Ascending is like raising, and raising is like giving birth. Zhengyi: The commentary considers zhi to be the same as zhi. Zhi is interpreted as to complete, and to complete is also to settle; therefore, it means to settle. Jiyun: Pronounced zhi. The meaning is the same. Textual Research: Erya, Shizheng: Zhi means to ascend. Commentary: The Dialect says it is called a zhi horse. Cautionary note: The two characters zhi horse are an error in the text. According to the original text, the two characters zhi horse should be corrected to the character zhi.