Wu Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Jade (yù)
Entry: 珇
Kangxi stroke count: 10
Page 729, Entry 20
Pronounced zu (rising tone).
According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen jiezi), it refers to the raised carvings on a ritual jade piece known as a cong.
According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it refers to the raised patterns on a gui jade.
According to the Supplemented Rhymes (Zengyun), it refers to the protruding raised carvings on gui and cong jades.
Also written in a variant form (zǎng).
According to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), section Winter Offices, Record of Artificers (Kaogongji): A zǎng-cong of five inches in length is used by the feudal lords as a weight. A zǎng-cong of seven inches in length, with a knob of one and a half inches, is used by the Son of Heaven as a weight.
According to the Regional Speech (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong (Yangzi), it means good or beautiful.
Pronounced ju (rising tone).
Refers to markings on jade.