Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) 16 strokes Page 714, Entry 26 Guangyun: This is the vulgar variant form of the character. Zhu. Tangyun: Pronounced zhu. Jiyun and Yunhui: Pronounced zhuang. The tone is the same as the level tone of zhe. Shuowen: Refers to a pig whose hair grows in tufts of three. Erya, Explanation of Beasts: A small pig is called zhu. Note: It is also called zhi. In the region east of the Yangtze River, it is called xi. Both are general terms. Yangzi, Dialect: In the Wu and Yangzhou regions, it is called zhuzi. Piya: The nature of a pig is stubborn and rash. Yangzi, Great Mystery: Walking into the wild and seeing an open space, a tiger is grazing pigs. There is also the mountain pig, which is the porcupine. Detailed explanation is found in the entry for the character hao. There is also the lazy-woman pig in Lingnan. Guihai Yuheng Zhi: The lazy-woman pig resembles a mountain pig but is smaller and likes to eat grain seedlings. When farmers hang weaving tools like looms by the fields, the animal will not approach. There is also the cat-pig. Yang Shen, Danqian Lu: The hairy rhinoceros is the tuan. It can foretell good or bad fortune. The ancients called it the cat-pig. People in Jiaozhou and Guangzhou regions call it the pig-spirit. There is also the stone pig. Records of Shu: In Qingling County, there are stone pigs, a mother and offspring totaling several thousand. It is said that in ancient times, the Yi people grazed pigs here, and one morning, the pigs turned into stone. There is also a title of office. Records of Wei, Eastern Barbarians: The Buyeo Kingdom used the names of the six domestic animals to name their officials, one of which is the pig-master. There is also a name of a grass. Boya: The crouching pig is the wood-grain. There is also a name of a medicine. Compendium of Materia Medica: Tao Hongjing said: The tuber of the chuling is black and resembles pig excrement, hence the name. Detailed cross-references are found in the entries for the characters shi and xi. There are also names of mountains and waters. Classic of Mountains and Seas: Quzhu Mountain. The Quzhu River originates here and flows south into the Yellow River. There is also the name of a water pool. Beimeng Suoyan: In Qiongzhou, there is a water pool where a mother pig appears and disappears; it is called Pig-Dragon Pool. There is also a name of a prefecture. Book of Tang, Treatise on Geography: Zhuba Prefecture, belonging to the Longyou Circuit. Guangyun: Zhukou is a place name. It is also written as a variant form. Book of Jin, Biography of Gan Zhuo: The army was stationed at Zhukou. Biography of Duke Min: Written as a variant form. Yunhui: Commonly written as zhu, referring to a place where water collects. Book of Documents, Tribute of Yu: The Daye Marsh has already accumulated water. Kong's Commentary: Daye is the name of a marsh. A place where water collects is called zhu. Cai's Commentary: Water that has accumulated and then flows out is called zhu. Zuo Zhuan, 25th Year of Duke Xiang: Planning for low-lying water accumulation sites. Note: Refers to low and wet land. There is also Mengzhu, the name of a marsh. Commonly written as zhu. Book of Documents, Tribute of Yu: Reaching Mengzhu. Cai's Commentary: The Treatise on Geography records that it is northeast of Suiyang in the State of Liang, which is the current Mengzhu Marsh northwest of Yucheng County, Nanjing. Zuo Zhuan, 28th Year of Duke Xi and Erya, Explanation of Geography: Written as Mengzhu. Zihui Bu: Pronounced zhe. The tone is the same as zhe. Zuo Zhuan, 14th Year of Duke Ding: A commoner from the State of Song sang: Since your sow has been settled, why not return our boar? Gan Bao pronounces it this way. Guangyun: The vulgar form is written as zhu.