Yin Collection, Lower Volume. Radical: Shelter (guǎng). Character: chú. Kangxi Stroke Count: 15. Page 350. Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun): Pronounced with the fanqie of zhí and zhū. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Pronounced with the fanqie of zhòng and zhū, sounding like chú. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): A kitchen or cooking house. Mencius (Mengzi): Therefore, a gentleman stays far away from the kitchen. Also, according to the Jade Chapters (Yupian): A host or one who presides. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Proscribed Factions: Du Shang, Zhang Miao, Wang Kao, Liu Ru, Humu Ban, Qin Zhou, Fan Xiang, and Wang Zhang were known as the Eight Stewards. "Steward" refers to being able to save people with one's wealth. Also, a cabinet or casket. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Gu Kaizhi: Gu Kaizhi once sent a cabinet of paintings to Huan Xuan. History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Biography of Lu Cheng of Qi: Wang Jian joked with him, saying, "Master Lu is a walking bookcase." Also, "kuíchú" refers to a mushroom. Approaching the Correct (Erya), Explanation of Plants: The zhongkui mushroom. Note: A ground fungus. Today in the region of Jiangdong, it is called the earth mushroom, also known as "kuíchú." Also, the name of a tree. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The kingdom of Sitiao has the chu tree; its sap is rich and can be used to boil cakes. Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun): Commonly written in the variant form chú.