Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Ox (niú) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 703, Entry 13 Pronounced chu. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to feeding oxen with fodder. The character is composed of ox and fodder, with fodder also indicating the pronunciation. The Discourses of the States (Guoyu) of the Spring and Autumn period states: How much fodder was used to feed the livestock. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it is now written as fodder (chu). According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the common form written with this character is incorrect. The upper right portion of this character is written as this shape, not as the character for chou, similar to how the common form of the character for wrinkled is written as this shape. Also pronounced chu.