Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 536, Entry 06 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zuò (entering tone). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Zuòwù, the handle of a tool inserted into a hole. Jade Chapters (Yupian): A tenon on the head of a pillar. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zuì. Zuòwù, describing the appearance of a tree that is short and protruding. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced cuì. Wood that has rotted or decayed. Corrected Explanations (Zhengzitong): This is the same as the character niè. Textual Research: Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zuò (entering tone). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Zuòwù, to insert a handle into a hole. We note that the Explanations of Characters (Shuowen) does not contain the character zuò, so it cannot be cited from there. The note at the end regarding Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) pronounced zuò and the definition of a handle inserted into a hole both originate from Broad Rhymes (Guangyun). We have amended both instances of Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) to read Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) in accordance with the original text of the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun).