Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 978, Entry 19 Pronounced zuò. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Blessed meat from a sacrifice. Erya (Erya), Interpretation of Heaven: In summer it is called fuzu. Commentary: Zu means sacrificial meat. On the day following the sacrifice, the sacrificial meat is laid out again to provide for the guest representing the deceased. Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Zhuan), Ninth Year of Duke Xi: The King sent Minister Kong to bestow sacrificial meat upon the Marquis of Qi. Commentary: Zu means sacrificial meat. Discourses of Jin (Jinyu): Bestowing the sacrificial meat to offer to the guests. Commentary: Zu means to bestow sacrificial meat. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Zhou: King Xian sent the sacrificial meat of Kings Wen and Wu to Duke Xiao of Qin. Commentary: Zu means cooked sacrificial meat. Yunhui (Yunhui): To establish the altars of soil and grain is called zu. It also means to reward. Those who possess virtue must receive a beautiful reward. Zuo Zhuan, Eighth Year of Duke Yin: He bestowed land upon him and assigned him a surname. Commentary: Zu means to reward. Zuo Zhuan, Fourteenth Year of Duke Xiang: The King sent Liu Dinggong to bestow a decree upon the Marquis of Qi, saying, May you and your descendants receive this grand honor, to be a model for the Eastern Sea. Commentary: Zu means to reward. It also means fortune. Discourses of Zhou (Zhouyu): That which Heaven blesses. Commentary: Fortune. Yangzi Fayan (Fayan): Heaven blesses the former virtuous, yet brings down clear errors. It also means position. Discourses of Qi (Qiyu): Returning the position to Jiang. Commentary: Fan means to return. Zu means position. Zu-zu (sacrificial meat vessels). Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven, Dietary Official: Whenever the King performs sacrifices or hosts guests for a meal, the sacrificial vessels of the King are removed. Commentary: When the King and his guests dine, the vessels of the host, whether for ritual or food, are all called zu-zu. A place name. Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Qin, Commentary: The Kuodizhi (Geography of the Wide World) states: Ancient State of Yan, it is the modern Zuocheng County in Huazhou. A pavilion name. Zuo Zhuan, Twenty-fourth Year of Duke Xi: Jiang, Xing, Mao, Zuo, and Ji. Commentary: Southwest of Yan County in the Dong Commandery lies Zuo Pavilion. A state name. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Hanshu), Table of Ancient and Modern People: Marquis of Zuo. Commentary: A son of the Duke of Zhou. Also pronounced zuó. Also pronounced zuò. Meaning is the same. Also, the character zuò is an ancient form of zuò. See the note in Radical Person, five strokes.