Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Shuo Kangxi strokes: 23 Page 1326, Entry 06 Pronounced shuo Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters) states: To melt. Mencius: It is not melted into me from the outside. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Zhang Yi: The mouths of the many can melt metal. Also, Erya (Approaching Elegance), Explanations of Ancient Words: Beautiful. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Odes (Zhousong): How beautiful is the royal army. Commentary: Shuo means beautiful. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Li Si: A hundred yi of fine metal. Note: Suoyin commentary says: Shuo means beautiful. Also, Yangzi (Yang Xiong), Dialects (Fangyan): To rub or polish. Also, Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Ma Yuan: How spirited and robust is this old man. Note: Jueshuo describes the appearance of courage. Also means bright-eyed. Yangzi (Yang Xiong), Dialects (Fangyan): Between the regions of Song, Wei, Han, and Zheng, it is called shuo. Note: Refers to light and brightness. Also, He Yan, Rhapsody on the Jingfu Hall (Jingfu Dian Fu): Therefore its ornate pillars are brilliant and shining. Note: Both refer to light, manifestation, and clarity. Also, Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes): Sometimes written as yao. Book of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Literature and Arts: To heat metal to make a blade. Also, Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes): Pronounced yao. To brand with a hot iron. Zhuangzi, Section on Excavating the Trunks (Quqie): To melt or destroy the pipes and stringed instruments. Also, one source says: To melt. Also, Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes): Pronounced li. A type of tripod vessel. Originally written as the character with the same phonetic component.