Yin Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Cloth (jīn). Kangxi stroke count: 4. Page 328, Entry 02. Wide Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced da. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced da. Pronounced jia. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To encompass or surround. Derived from reversing the direction to complete a cycle. Xu says: The sun travels one degree per day; in one year it goes and returns to complete a cycle (za). Refined Conversations (Guangya): Everywhere or thorough. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials, Canon of Insignia: Use five-colored silk to create a mat, with five loops (jiu) to welcome the morning sun. Commentary: Five loops is the same as five cycles (za). One cycle constitutes one loop. Zhang Heng, Western Capital Rhapsody: Ranks of soldiers stood in a circle (za). Also, according to Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Commonly written as the variant form (za). History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Annals of Emperor Gaozu: Surrounded Wancheng City three times (za). Wide Rhymes (Guangyun): Also written as the variant form (za).