I am interested in getting the following Chinese character
translated:  If the character does not render via this web
form then it can be viewed at
http://www.newalexandria.org/jp-kangi.html   I am not sure if it is
Traditional or Simplified Chinese.  I would like to know its common
usage, a thorough / literal translation, the entymology of its
components, and any usage of it in Traditional Chinese Medicine.  I am
willing to settle for a translation that leaves out a detailed
treatment of the TCM requirements, but I need the entymological
references.

I understand that its base components relate to the concepts of the
hand, the eye, and a ram / horned sheep.  I would like to understand
the interplay of these concepts, particularly their poetic,
philosphical or medicinal implications, which cannot be easily
researched in a dictionary (though an explanation starting from the
dictionary foundations would be appreciated)


Thank you,   
Zachary Jones

Unfortunately, I cannot see the character when clicking on the link
provided. Which character code are you using?

I have updated the linked page above to include the character as an
image format.  Thanks

Well, both these links do not answer your question but perhaps they
will be helpful somehow:

http://isthisthingon.org/unicode/index.phtml?page=6&subpage=4&glyph=64AF

http://open-dictionary.com/%e6%92%af

Another link (with numbers referring to "Dictionary Information"):

http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=64AF

The character for hand:
http://zhongwen.com/d/164/x226.htm

the hands, when shading the eye, implies looking
http://zhongwen.com/d/172/x221.htm

or hitting:
http://zhongwen.com/d/183/x111.htm

The eye, when with attentive and choosing hands, cares for:
http://zhongwen.com/d/178/x178.htm

The character for Sheep, or goat (with horns).  
http://zhongwen.com/d/166/x207.htm

I believe this also carries with it an implication of greatness, as
"ashamed" includes it:
http://zhongwen.com/d/178/x219.htm

And so does dignity:
http://zhongwen.com/d/184/x113.htm


This is all ancillary research

Unfortunately, ? is not mentioned on http://zhongwen.com/

I suppose the easiest way finding an answer to your question would be
by using a dictionary, e.g. Morohashi:

"Morohashi Tetsuji ????, Dai Kan-Wa jiten ?????, 13 vols., Tôkyô:
Taishûkan, 1955-60.
[Includes 49,964 individual characters with many quotations, mainly
from classical Chinese, showing their usage. In addition there is a
great deal of encyclopaedic information, especially on book titles,
official titles and toponyms, and 130,000 phrases mainly from Modern
Chinese, including names of foreign people and places and Buddhist
terms to give a grand total of 500,000 words. ? Dictionary of
classical and literary Chinese.]":
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/course_resources/s04/dictionaries.htm

"Revised edition with a supplementary index volume, 1989-90":
http://venus.unive.it/pregadio/tools/02_dictionaries.html

According to the "CJKV-English Dictionary"
http://www.acmuller.net/dealt/search-dealt3.html

http://www.acmuller.net/dealt/


?   
http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=64C6

is a variant of 

?
http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=64AF


How to access the "CJKV-English Dictionary":
http://www.acmuller.net/dealt/cjkv-e-intro.html#access