Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Beard (ér) Kangxi Strokes: 6 Page 961, Entry 18 Guangyun: Pronounced er. Jiyun and Yunhui: Pronounced er. Zheng Yun: Pronounced er. Shuowen Jiezi: Facial hair on the cheeks. Note: Minister Xuan and others state that the modern common character written as the variant form (ér) is incorrect. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Officials, Artisans Record: Create the scales and the cheek hair. Note: Cheek hair refers to the whiskers on the face. Also, Yu Pian: A grammatical particle indicating tone. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Qi: Waiting for me between the gates and screens. Also, Book of Documents (Shangshu), Great Plan: You should maintain a pleasant countenance. Note: You should maintain a peaceful expression. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of Kingdom: The hanging girdle straps resemble flowing ribbons. Note: Here, the word functions like the word as. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes of Kingdom: Do you not know that you are the author. Note: Here, the word functions like the word and. Also, Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: Yet said it was like this. Note: Here, the word functions like the word then. Also, Yunhui: A coordinating conjunction indicating cause, meaning because of this. Analects (Lunyu): To learn and periodically review it. Also, Yunhui: A conjunction indicating contrast, meaning yet or but. Analects (Lunyu): Those who do not like to offend their superiors but like to cause disorder. Also, Yunhui: A conjunction indicating the beginning of a clause. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced neng. Book of Changes (Yijing), Tun Hexagram: It is appropriate to establish feudal lords yet it is not peaceful. Explanatory Text: Zheng Xuan reads this as the word meaning ability, where ability functions like the word peaceful. Textual Research: Rites of Zhou, Winter Officials, Artisans Record: Its scales and cheek hair. Carefully corrected by adding the character for make as per the original text.