Chen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Lack (qiàn) Character: Chuo Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 573, Entry 02 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced chuo. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced chuo. According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To drink. Book of Rites (Liji), Records of Proper Conduct (Quli): Do not slurp the minced meat. Songs of Chu (Chuci), The Fisherman (Yufu): Consuming the dregs and drinking the thin wine. Also, to drink in large quantities. Book of Rites (Liji), Records of Proper Conduct (Quli): Do not slurp noisily. Zheng Commentary (Zhengzhu): Slurping noisily means to drink in large gulps, implying a desire to finish quickly. Seven Stimuli (Qifa) by Mei Cheng: Eating little and drinking much, like boiling water poured over snow. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form (xue). Note: Chuo is distinct from the character chuo in the mouth radical. Chuo refers to the appearance of weeping. Proper Reformations (Zheng'e) states: It is commonly written as chuo, which is incorrect.