You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 1242, Entry 13 Pronounced zhú. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining and Analyzing Characters): To hold the wheel. Shiming (Dictionary of Names): The axis is that which is drawn out. It is inserted into the hub and can be withdrawn. Also refers to weaving implements. Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiao Ya: The shuttle and the axis are empty. Annotation: The shuttle holds the weft; the axis receives the warp. Also refers to scrolls. Han Yu’s poetry: The house of Ye Hou has many books, filling shelves with thirty thousand scrolls. Also refers to the axis of heaven and the axis of earth, both implying the concept of rotating and turning wheels. Yuan Hong, Eulogy of Famous Ministers of the Three Kingdoms: Turning the axis of heaven. Mu Hua, Sea Rhapsody: The axis of the earth stands tall and struggles to rotate. Also refers to holding the axis, meaning to hold the reins of government. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Tian Qianqiu: Holding the axis and residing in the center. Also refers to being ill and unable to walk. Book of Odes (Shijing), Wei Feng: The great person's axis. Commentary: This means being ill. Annotation: The meaning of hesitating and unable to move forward. Also a place name. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zheng Feng: The people of Qing are at Zhou. Annotation: Zhou is a location in Wei, situated along the river. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Also written in a variant form.