Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Footsteps (bō) 9 strokes Page 784, Entry 01 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced po. Explanation from the Origin of Chinese Characters (Shuowen): To trample down and clear away wild grass with the feet. Commentary from the Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Year 6 of Duke Yin: To clear away and level mounds. In modern editions, this is written as san (to cut grass). Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): San is sometimes written as pa. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as 蹳 or bo. Also, Wide Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ba. To clear away wild grass. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Sima Xiangru, Upper Forest Rhapsody (Shanglin Fu): Twisted and tangled, tangled and bent. Commentary by Shigu: Cui cuo means intertwined and disordered. Pa wei means coiled and bent. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form.