Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Ear (ěr) Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 970, Entry 04 Guangyun (Guangyun): Pronounced zhi. Jiyun (Jiyun) and Yunhui (Yunhui): Pronounced zhi, pronounced zhi. Shuowen (Shuowen): To record minute details. Xu (Xu) states: The state has six official positions, all of which are responsible for recording the minutiae of affairs. Zengyun (Zengyun): To manage or hold office. Erya (Erya): Explaining ancient words: Zhi means to manage. Boya (Boya): Zhi means an affair. Book of Documents (Shujing): The six ministers divided their duties, each leading their subordinates to guide the nine provinces. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Heaven Official, Grand Minister: The ninth is the idle populace, those without constant occupation. Commentary: This refers to those without work. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Biography of Chancellor Zhang: The Duke of Pei appointed Zhou Chang to the position of flag officer. Commentary: Zhi means to manage. Zhi refers to banners. This refers to the official in charge of banners. Also: Erya (Erya): Explaining ancient words: Zhi means constant. Also: Tribute. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): Providing their tribute. Huainanzi (Huainanzi): Original Way Training: Foreigners submit and obey, the four barbarian tribes pay their tribute. Commentary: Zhi means tribute. Also: Exclusively. Book of Odes (Shijing): The people have no limits; they are exclusively small-minded and prone to betrayal. Commentary: This means they are exclusively led by small-minded men who claim to be upright and sincere but are actually prone to betrayal. Also: Yangzi (Yangzi): Dialects: To pity, to be fond of. Those who have pity for one another are called lianzhi in the regions of Wu and Yue. Also: Zhizhi means many. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi): Supreme Joy chapter: All things are numerous. Also: A surname. Surname Genealogy: The Rites of Zhou mentions the Officer of Geography; later, the office became a surname. Customs and Traditions: Descendants of Zhi Hong, the Prefect of Shanyang during the Han Dynasty. Also: Jiyun (Jiyun): Pronounced te. A small wooden stake. The Rites of Zhou mentions the position of Zhiren. Read as qie or yan. Sometimes written as zhi or er. Also: Jiyun (Jiyun): Pronounced yi. Meaning is the same. Also: Same as zhi (banner). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Biography of Shusun Tong: At this time, the Emperor's carriage emerged from the chamber, and the hundred officials held their banners to signal for vigilance. Commentary: Zhi is pronounced zhi.