Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Axe (jīn) Chu Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 480, Entry 32 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced chu. Used in personal names. Spring and Autumn of Master Lu (Lüshi chunqiu) records the name Yan Chu of Qi. Note: Records of the Warring States (Zhanguoce) writes this as a different character. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Tian Dan, writes this as zhu.