Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Frog (mǐn) Zhu Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 1524, Entry 11 According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), pronounced zhu. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced zhu. In Explaining Simple and Analyzing Compound Characters (Shuowen), it is defined as a spider. In Approaching the Classics: Explanations of Insects (Erya: Shichong), it is called zhu, or zhu-mao. Guo commentary: In the region east of the Yangtze River today, it is called di-mao. Those that spread webs on the ground are called earth-spiders, and those that weave membranes over grass are called grass-spiders. In Regional Speech (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: From the pass westward, in the regions of Qin and Jin, it is called zhu-mao. From the pass eastward, in the outskirts of Zhao and Wei, it is called zhu, or sometimes called zhu-yu. Between the Lie River in northern Yan and Joseon, it is called dai-chu. In Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi): Biography of Guan Lu: When Lu practiced divination to identify hidden objects, the hexagram indicated: The third object is long-legged, spitting silk to form a net, following the web to seek food, benefiting in the twilight and night; this is a spider. Commonly written as the variant form (zhu).