Xu Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Metal (jīn)
Zuan
Kangxi strokes: 27
Page 1300, Entry 01
Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced zhan. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhan.
Explanation from the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): An iron chisel. Also, according to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters: iron used to lubricate carriage axles.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced qian. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qian.
Broad Rhymes: One who holds iron. Collected Rhymes: To use iron to bind or tighten something.
Supplement to the Dictionary of Characters (Zihui bu): The same as tongs (qian).
Cangjie Anthology (Cangjie pian): To hold.
Correct Meaning Thoroughfare (Zhengzitong): Whenever an object has two ends meeting, iron plates are used to secure them; or at a corner, where iron plates are used to bind them, all are called zuan.
Also interchangeable with needle (zhen).
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Official, Shooter of Birds commentary: A needle-like arrow.
Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Pronounced zhen. Sometimes written as zuan.
Also means to provide.
History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Zhang: Torture implements such as the zuan and zuan are cruel beyond measure.
Biography of Chong: Abolished the cruel punishments of the zuan and zuan.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced tie.
Broad Rhymes: To pick up items with chopsticks.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhen.
The Master of Ghost Valley (Guiguzi) contains the Flying Zuan and Probing and Modeling Chapter.
Correct Meaning Thoroughfare (Zhengzitong): Refers to investigating right and wrong, flying and holding them in control like tongs.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhan.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qin. The meanings are the same.
Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun): The same as sharp (xian).
Model Sayings (Fayan) by Yang Xiong: A pen that is not sharp (xian) and is uniquely applied to the whetstone. Note: The original Model Sayings uses the character for sharp (xian), pronounced xian. It was erroneously written as zuan. The Standard Rhymes contains an erroneous citation.
