Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: 撙 Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 454, Entry 22 Pronounced zǔn (rising tone). As defined in the Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): to restrain or press. As defined in the Broad Rhyme (Guangyun): to curb or hasten. As defined in the Supplementary Rhymes (Zengyun): to trim or control. Book of Rites (Liji), Section on Summary of Propriety (Quli): A noble person respects and restrains themselves through discipline, and uses yielding to manifest propriety. Commentary: To restrain is to hasten. Sub-commentary: Regulations are the standard; it means always hastening toward the standards of the law. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhan Guo Ce): Pressing the crossbar and restraining the bit, traversing horizontally across the world. Commentary: To restrain is to curb, similar to pulling on the bridle and bit. Also, to be gathered or clustered in appearance. Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on Sweet Spring (Ganquan Fu): They gather in clusters, tangled and interlocked. Sometimes written in a variant form (zǔn). Commonly written as (zǔn). Also written as (zǔn). Textual verification: In the Rhapsody on Sweet Spring by Yang Xiong, the text reads: They gather in clusters, tangled and interlocked. Per the original text, the character for with has been added after the character for clusters.