You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 11 strokes Page 1151, Entry 08 Pronounced chao. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters) states: To disturb. Another definition is a quick or agile person. Yupian (Jade Chapters) states: Robust; swift. Huainanzi (The Masters of Huainan), chapter on Cultivating Efforts: There are those among the Yue people who are slow and sluggish, yet people call them chao. The commentary notes: Chao refers to one who is light, nimble, and prone to running. Also refers to slender and beautiful, as in a slim waist. Zhang Heng Biography in the Book of the Later Han, Thinking Rhapsody: Relaxing the slim waist of one who is agile and beautiful. Wenxuan (Selections of Refined Literature) commentary notes: Also pronounced miao. Also, Leipian (Classified Chapters) defines it as to write. Also, a personal name. Chao appears in the Book of Liang. Also, pronounced chao. Boya (Broad Refinement) defines it as crafty or deceitful. Also, pronounced miao. Shuowen Jiezi defines it with the same meaning. Also, Leipian defines it as tall or high. Zhang Heng, Western Metropolis Rhapsody: Reaching toward the heavens in a high and towering manner. The commentary notes: Reaching toward the heavens is the name of a terrace. Chao means high. Li Shan reads it this way. Also, pronounced qiao. Means light or quick; this is a regional expression from Jiangdong. Also, pronounced chao (falling tone). Same meaning. Ban Gu Biography in the Book of the Former Han: The people of Jiangdu are light and cunning. The commentary notes: Chao refers to being light and deceitful. Yan Shigu reads it this way. Leipian notes it is sometimes written as a variant form (chao). Also, pronounced chao (rising tone). Same as the character meaning to tease or play (zhou). Leipian notes that the reading of qiao is an error.