Chou Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Scholar (shì). Kangxi strokes: 7. Page 243, Entry 01. Guangyun (Guangyun), Jiyun (Jiyun), and Yunhui (Yunhui) define it as pronounced zhuang (falling tone); Zhengyun (Zhengyun) defines it as pronounced zhuang (falling tone). Explained in the Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) as meaning big. It also refers to being robust or vigorous. In the Erya: Explaining Heaven (Erya), it states that the eighth month is called zhuang. In the Book of Changes (Yijing), the hexagram name indicates that when the Zhen trigram is above and the Qian trigram is below, it is the Great Vitality (Dazhuang) hexagram. In the Book of Rites (Liji), age thirty is referred to as zhuang. In the Monthly Ordinances (Yueling), it states that during the month of mid-winter, ice begins to become solid and thick. Additionally, in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Biography of Empress Zhao, it mentions a tuft of hair protruding on the forehead. Shigu says this is commonly called a mallet head. Also, in the History of the Former Han (Hanshu): Treatise on Food and Money, it notes there are five types of shell currency, the first of which is called a zhuang shell. It also means to harm. Guo Pu states that in the Huainan region, zhuang is referred to as injury. It also refers to the act of burning moxa once during moxibustion treatment in traditional Chinese medicine, which is called one zhuang. Also pronounced zhuang (rising tone). It is also a surname. In the Discourses of the States (Guoyu): Discourses of Jin, Zhao Jianzi inquired about wise men and found Zhuangchi Zi. Also, in Fu Tao: Rhapsody on Viewing the Tide (Wangtao Fu), the magnificent waves surge forth, with heavy currents rushing like lightning. Rising from the sandbanks and advancing rapidly, they strike the obstructing water gates with power and vigor. The common form writing it with the earth radical as 壯, and the simplified form written as 壮, are both incorrect.