Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Page (yè) Kangxi Strokes: 18 Page 1406, Entry 38 Pronounced ti. Explanatory dictionary (Guangyun): Pronounced ti. Collective dictionary of sounds and rhymes (Jiyun) and Compendium of rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced ti. Analysis of characters (Shuowen): The forehead. Small Elegantia (Xiao Erya): The head. Book of Rites (Liji), Royal Regulations: The people of the south are called Man; they tattoo their foreheads (diao ti) and cross their feet. Elegantia (Erya), Explanation of Words: The term zhen is defined as ti. Commentary: Ti means forehead. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Hereditary House of Yue: Tattooed foreheads (diao ti). Commentary: This refers to carving the forehead and filling it with red and green pigments. Also: Book titles. Broad refinement (Boya): To write is to title (ti). Ti means to examine carefully; to examine carefully the name and appellation. Correction of characters (Zhengzitong): The commentaries on the classics include the title preface to the Mencius (Mengzi), which serves to title the work of Mencius. Also: The jade decoration on the end of a rafter is called xuan ti or yu ti, also known as bi dang. Also: A topic or subject. Du Fu poetry: Heaven old man looks at the topic. Also: To evaluate or praise. Li Bai, Letter to Han Jingzhou: Once evaluated and praised, one becomes an excellent person. Also: Name of a state. History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Biography of Pei Ziye: The states of Baitie and Hugu sent tribute. Also: Name of a county. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Table of Meritorious Officials: The Marquis of Ti, Zhang Fuchang. Also: Broad refinement (Boya): Pingti refers to the arrowhead. Also: Pronounced di. To look at. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: Looking at that wagtail. Commentary: Ti means to look at. Confucius, Song of the Hills and Mounds: Looking at that Mount Tai. Textual research: Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Hereditary House of Yue: Tattooed foreheads (diao ti). Commentary: This refers to carving the forehead and filling it with red and green pigments. Note: Based on the original text, the character huang has been corrected to nie. Explanations of Names (Shiming): Pingti refers to the arrowhead. Note: The phrase is from Broad refinement (Boya); it has been corrected from Explanations of Names to Broad refinement.