Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Kangxi Strokes: 9 Page 618, Entry 05 Pronounced zhu Shuowen Jiezi says: to irrigate. Zengyun says: water flowing and spraying. Book of Odes (Shijing), Deya: The Feng River flows eastward. Also means to lead or guide. History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Records on Canals and Rivers: Lead sediment-laden water to irrigate the saline lands. Also refers to where one’s intentions are directed. Guanzi, Monarch and Subject (Lower Part): The monarch of men directs his attention upward. Note: Upward refers to directing one's attention to the Heavens. Also means to record. Tongsu Wen: To record things is called zhu, which derives from the idea of branching out and dividing. Also, generally, writings that explain classics are called zhu, commonly written as zhu. Also means to gather. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven: The beast master, when conducting a hunt, orders the game to be gathered in the enclosure. Also means to strike. Zhuangzi, Mastery of Life: Those who strike with gold. Also means to attach. Erya, Explanations of Heaven: Attaching yak tails to the head of a pole is called a jing. Note: This means to attach the yak tail to the tip of the pole. Also means to fit an arrow to the string of a bow. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Twenty-third Year of Duke Xiang: He attempted to shoot but failed to hit; he then nocked another arrow, but stumbled at the base of the locust tree and fell. Also means to apply medicinal paste. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven: The surgeon is in charge of applying medicinal pastes, scraping, and killing [parasites] to create the correct balance. Note: The character zhu should be written as zhu. Zhu means to attach medicine to the body. Also Huabuzhu, a mountain name. Kuodizhi: Located in Jinan. Also Gouzhu, also a mountain name, located in the northwest of Yanmen County, Dai Prefecture. Also zezhu, a name for a type of cap. History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Treatises on the Five Elements: Refers to a shape standing sideways and leaning downward. Also Rizhu, a type of tea. Ouyang Xiu, Records of Returning to the Fields: Among the products of the two Zhe regions, Rizhu is the best. Pronounced zhu Same as zhu. Pronounced zhou The beak of an insect. Used interchangeably with zhou and zhou. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Offices, Record of Trades: Those that call out with a beak. Also Zhuzhang, a star name. Seen separately in the Mu (Wood) radical, under the character liu. Correction: The text previously mentioned Wuzhu as a mountain name in the northwest of Yanmen County, Dai Prefecture. According to the Geography Treatise in the Book of Han and the Yuanhe Records of Prefectures and Counties, it is written as Gouzhu. The character wu has been corrected to gou.