Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Sun (rì) Zhou (daytime) Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 495, Entry 01 Pronounced zhou (falling tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The rising and setting of the sun, which serves as the boundary with the night. Derived from a simplified form of the character for drawing, with the radical for sun. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Progress (Jin): In the daytime, three audiences were held. Also a place name. Mencius (Mengzi): After staying for three nights, he departed from Zhou. Also a surname. Popular Customs (Fengsutong): Descendants of the Magistrate of Zhouyi took it as their surname. Also, rhyming supplement: pronounced zhu (falling tone). Zhang Heng, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing Fu): The Commandant of the Guard maintains eight garrisons, patrolling the night and watching the day. Planting pikes and hanging shields, they prepare against the unexpected.