Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (hé) Zhen Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 857, Entry 25 Pronounced zhen (rising tone). Densely arranged. Also, to gather objects together. Book of Rites (Erya), Explanation of Words: Bao means zhen. Commentary: When things grow in clumps it is called bao. People of Qi call it zhen. Guo Pu says: Today people call things that are densely arranged zhen. Guo Pu, River Rhapsody (Jiang Fu): The forest and the dense undergrowth. Note: Zhen means thick and crowded. Also pronounced zhen. Meaning is the same. Also pronounced dian. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Offices, Artificers Record, Wheelwright: In the method of cutting the wheel hub, one must measure its yin and yang. That which is yang has a dense grain and is firm. That which is yin has a loose grain and is soft. Note: The grain of yang wood is dense and firm. Zheng Sinong says: Zhen is to be read as the dian in sacrificial offering. Also pronounced tian. The roots of trees pressing against one another. Equivalent to the variant form zhen. Also pronounced bian. Beans on a fence. Equivalent to the variant form. Textual research: In Rites of Zhou, Wheelwright, the phrase regarding cutting the hub was corrected according to the original text.