Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 531, Entry 04 Pronounced kun (third tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) states: A door sill. Xu Shen explains: Short thresholds on either side of a gate. In ancient times, people frequently traveled by carriage, so these door sills had to be removed. Yunhui dictionary states: Kun means to strike or tap. It refers to the action of people entering and exiting and repeatedly striking or rubbing against the threshold. Book of Rites (Liji): External words do not enter the threshold; internal words do not go out from the threshold. Sometimes also written in a variant form (kun). Zhou Rites (Zhouli): Regarding matters outside the threshold, the general shall decide them. Yang Xiong’s Dialects (Fangyan): Kun means to accomplish. Commentary states: Kun-kun describes the appearance of being completed or accomplished. Pronounced kun (fourth tone). To be level or equal. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): After retrieving the arrows, one levels them. Also refers to kun-fu, which describes an arrow that strikes the target but does not stick, instead bouncing back. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): Hitting the ropes and net, rebounding and striking the threshold; the prince then ceases the competition, while others do not participate. Pronounced kun. Erya (Erya): Kun-kun. Commentary states: Meaning not yet fully determined.