Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Entry: 梲 Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page 531, Entry 06 Pronounced zhuo. Jade Articles (Yupian): Same as the variant form (zhuo). A short pillar on a beam. Approaching/Refining Records (Erya): A beam support is called a liang, and the short pillar above it is called a zhuo. Commentary: Zhuo refers to a dwarf pillar, a short pillar placed atop a beam. Book of Rites (Liji): Guan Zhong had mountain-shaped carvings and water-plant decorations on his pillars, which the superior man considered an excess. Pronounced tuo. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A large staff. Huainanzi: Holding a pellet bow to beckon a bird, waving a staff to call a dog. Also interchangeable with the character meaning to escape or cast off (tuo). Xunzi: All ritual begins with simplicity, is completed with refinement, and ends in joy. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Records it as beginning with simplicity (tuo). Pronounced tu. Pronounced duo. Pronounced rui. Meaning is the same.