Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Short-tailed bird (zhuī) Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 1368, Entry 06 Pronounced za. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters): The merging of five colors. Yupian (Jade Chapters): To mix. Book of Changes (Yijing), Kun Hexagram: That which is yellow is the mixture of heaven and earth. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Officers, Artificers' Record: In the work of painting and embroidering, one mixes five colors. Also, Book of Rites (Liji), Jade Bead Pendant, commentary on miscellaneous sashes: Miscellaneous means decorated, referring to the knee cover (bi) mentioned above. Also, Yupian (Jade Chapters): To be the same. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): To collect. Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Remarks: To gather miscellaneous things and record their virtues. Commentary: Refers to collecting the various things of the world together. Also, Yangzi's Regional Speech (Fangyan): Fragmented. Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Remarks: Its naming is miscellaneous without exceeding boundaries. Commentary: The logic and reasoning are varied and fragmented, each having its own order, without being contradictory. Also, Yupian (Jade Chapters): To be placed in sequence. Also, to be the best. Also, Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): To circle. Also, to pierce. Also, the name of a bird. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Interpretation of Birds: The yuanju is also called the zaxian. Commentary: The yuanju is a sea bird, also named zaxian. Also, Jiyun (Collected Rhymes): Pronounced ca. Gongyang Commentary (Gongyang Zhuan), 15th year of Duke Cheng: All the high officials said collectively (za-ran), It is the Zhong clan, is it not so? Interpretation of Text: Za is pronounced ca, and also read as the standard form.