Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 絆 Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page 921, Entry 14 Guangyun (Comprehensive Rhyme), Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced ban. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs): To tether a horse. Yupian (Jade Chapters): A shackle or restraint. Zengyun (Augmented Rhymes): To bind the feet is called ban; to harness the head is called ji. Book of Han (Hanshu), Ban Gu's Autobiographical Preface: Now you, my son, have already mastered the shackles of benevolence and righteousness. Also, in Yunbu (Supplement to Rhymes): Rhymes with the sound ban. Yang Xiong, Admonition for the Governor of Jiaozhou: Ever since the beginning of time, there has been neither tether nor shackle. When the Duke of Zhou assumed power, the white bears were presented. Guangyun: Ban is the same as ban (a variant form for a tether).