Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cow (niú) Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 703, Entry 19 Pronounced bei (falling tone). According to the Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Shuowen), it was originally written as a variant form. According to the Ji Yun (Jiyun), it is written as a variant form. According to the Yu Pian (Yupian), it means to subdue or tame. It refers to the saddle and equipment placed on a horse. According to the Guang Yun (Guangyun), it refers to the teeth of a cow. According to the Yu Pian (Yupian), it also refers to a cow that is eight years old. Pronounced fu (rising tone). It means to use a cow. It is used interchangeably with the character meaning to submit or serve (fu). According to the Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Shuowen), the Book of Changes (Yijing) states: Taming the ox and riding the horse. Note: In the current version of the Book of Changes (Yijing), in the Appended Remarks (Xici), it is written as taming the ox. In the Biography of Huangfu Song from the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), it states: Yizhen has not yet submitted. The commentary notes: This character is an ancient form of the character for submit or serve (fu). Currently, people in Henan still use this term.