Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Chuo Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 196, Entry 12 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced chuo (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chuo (falling tone) Classic of Poetry (Shijing): The appearance of weeping. Classic of Poetry (Shijing): Weeping in sobs. Pronunciation and Meaning: Chuo, pronounced chuo (rising tone). Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Much talk without ceasing. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Identical to the character chuo (a variant form). Also, Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced chuo (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui): Pronounced chuo (falling tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To taste. Erya, Explaining Glosses (Erya): Chuo, to eat. Commentary: Chuo refers to picking up food to eat. Book of Rites (Liji): Eating beans and drinking water. Also, Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): One interpretation refers to the beak of birds and beasts. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Weeping. Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced chuo (entering tone). Also refers to tasting. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chui (falling tone). Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced chui (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chui (falling tone). Meaning is the same as the preceding. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zhui (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhui (falling tone). Meaning is the same as the preceding. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui): Pronounced chuo (entering tone). Erya, Explaining Glosses (Erya): To eat, read as shi qian. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced rui (falling tone). Meaning is the same. Guo Pu reads it this way.