Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) 株 Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 523, Entry 11 Pronounced zhu. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) defines this as the roots of a tree. Xu states: When it is in the soil, it is called a root; when it is above the soil, it is called a zhu. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Oppression (Kun): Oppressed by a tree stump. Wang Su notes: This refers to the lowest part. Also, zhu-gou refers to a severed piece of wood. Zhuangzi, Chapter on Understanding Life (Dasheng): The one catching cicadas keeps his body still like a wooden stump. Also means a trunk. Han Feizi, Chapter on the Five Vermin (Wudu): A man of Song guarded a stump, hoping to again catch a rabbit. Also refers to a tree trunk. Records of the Three Kingdoms (Shuzhi), Memorials of Zhuge: There are eight hundred mulberry trees in Chengdu. Also interchangeable with zhu (to punish). Explaining Names (Shiming): Punishment that involves others is called zhu. Zhu means stump, like the roots, branches, and leaves of a tree stump all falling away. Also, in the Classified Compilation (Leipian), zhu-ru refers to a short pillar. Also zhu-li, also written as zhu-li, is the name of a type of music. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Book of Music (Yueshu): The music of the four barbarian tribes, the east is called, the south is called ren, the west is called zhu-li, and the north is called jin. Also Zhu-lin is the name of a city. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Chen: Why are you in Zhu-lin? Also pronounced zhu. The meaning is the same. Also, in the Classified Compilation (Leipian), pronounced shu. Zhu-yu is the name of a tree, which can be used to make the rims of carriage wheels. Also identical to zhu (to reside/stay). Explaining Names (Shiming): Zhu means a stump. A stump of wood does not move. Textual Research: Shuowen Jiezi: It is defined as a tree root. Xu states: In the soil it is called a root, above the soil it is called a zhu. According to the original text, zhu has been corrected to zhu.