Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 934, Entry 14 Pronounced chen. Classic of Broad Glosses (Guangyun): Described as thread or fiber. Regional Expressions (Fangyan): The term for thread or fiber is called zhen. Classic of Broad Glosses (Guangyun): The same as the variant form. Pronounced shen. Pronounced zhen (falling-rising tone). Meaning is the same. Pronounced zhen (rising tone). Book of Rites (Liji): Careful and dense, showing strength of character. Commentary: Zhen means dense or fine-textured. Black. Xie Tiao, Poem on Ascending Three Mountains and Gazing at the Capital: Who can remain unchanging in blackness. Commentary: Zhen is the same as zhen (black hair). To bind, or to be singular. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Hanshu): Commentary notes zhenfen refers to a large and flourishing crowd. Pronounced chou (rising tone). Research Note: Regarding the poem by Xie Tiao, the original text missing the word neng has been corrected. Regarding the entry in the Classic of Broad Glosses (Guangyun) and the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), the cited pronunciations and definitions were found to be inaccurate in the original source, and have been corrected to reflect the reference in the History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Hanshu), noting that zhenfen refers to a large and flourishing crowd.