Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) 铸 Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 1323, Entry 01 Ancient character form. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced zhù (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhù (falling tone). According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To melt metal to create objects. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To cast. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Year 3 of Duke Xuan: To cast tripods and engrave images of things upon them. Commentary: To cast the depicted images onto the tripods. Also, Year 21 of Duke Zhao: The Zhou Emperor was about to cast the Wuyou Bell. Also, a state name. Zuo Commentary, Year 23 of Duke Xiang: Zang Xuanshu married a woman from the state of Zhu. Commentary: The state of Zhu, located within the territory of Sheqiu County in Jibei. Also, a place name. History of the Later Han, Treatise on Administrative Geography (Houhan Shu, Junguo Zhi): In the Jibei commandery, there is the walled city of Zhuxiang. Also, interchangeable with the character meaning to invoke (zhù). Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music (Yueji): To enfeoff the descendants of Emperor Yao in the land of Zhu. Commentary: Zhu is sometimes written as the character for cast (zhù). Also, a surname. Garden of Surnames (Xingyuan): Descendants of Yao. They took the name of the state as their surname. Also, Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihui Bu): Pronounced zhòu (falling tone). Huainanzi, Original Truth (Chuzhen Xun): Just like those metalworkers casting objects. Commentary: Read as the character meaning to invoke (zhù).