Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: cao Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 205, Entry 06 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced cao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced cao. Standard Dictionary (Yupian): Sound. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Noisy clamor. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Referring to the dictionary Guangya, cao means sound. Ma Rong, Rhapsody on the Long Flute (Changdi Fu): The sound is clamorous and fragmented. Also, Cheng Gongsui, Rhapsody on Whistling (Xiao Fu): The clamor is drawn out long and shrill. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qiao. Same meaning. Also, pronounced zao. Clamor. Sometimes written in a variant form.