Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) 蚤 Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 1078, Entry 20 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collection Rhyme (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zǎo. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Refers to a small insect that bites humans and is skilled at jumping (the flea). Continuation of the Records of Broad Matters (Xu bowuzhi): Fleas breed easily when the soil is dry. Zhuangzi, Autumn Floods (Qiushui): The owl can catch fleas at night and discern the finest down of a bird. Cao Zhi, Treatise on Decrees Concerning Birds and Animals (Ling qin e niao lun): There is no one who, having caught a flea, does not crush it with their teeth, because it harms the body. Also used interchangeably with the character for early (zǎo). Discourses of the States (Yueyu): Do not delay whether it is morning or evening; one must follow the heavenly way. Mencius: Rising early in the morning, she quietly followed wherever her husband went. Also, in Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), used interchangeably with the character for claw (zhǎo). Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Propriety (Quli): Do not neglect to trim one's fingernails. Commentary: The character here is pronounced zhǎo. Sub-commentary: Refers to removing the nails of the hands and feet. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Officials, Record of the Artificers (Dongguan kaogong ji): Examine the carriage spokes, ensuring the tenons are straight. Commentary: The character here should be written as the character for claw (zhǎo), referring to the part of the spoke that inserts into the felloe of the wheel. The original character is written as a variant form. It is simplified as the character for flea (zǎo), or also written as a variant form.