You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Walk (zǒu) Chao Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 1216, Entry 14 According to The Extensive Dictionary of Sounds (Guangyun), pronounced chao. According to The Collected Dictionary of Sounds (Jiyun) and The Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), pronounced chao. As defined in Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to jump. As defined in Regional Expressions (Fangyan), it means far. As defined in Broad Elegance (Boya), it means to cross. As defined in The Explanation of Names (Shiming), it signifies being prominent, as in lifting the foot to stride over something. As defined in The Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means to go before. In The Chronicle of Zuo (Zuo Zhuan), under the thirty-third year of Lord Xi: three hundred carriages that vaulted over others. In Mencius: holding Mount Tai to jump over the Northern Sea. In Songs of Chu (Chuci), section on Divination: would you rather be aloof and rise high to preserve your integrity? Also a surname. According to The Extensive Dictionary of Sounds (Guangyun), there was a Grand Chamberlain named Chao Xi during the Han dynasty. Also, according to The Collected Dictionary of Sounds (Jiyun), pronounced chao. It describes the appearance of walking lightly. Also, according to The Collected Dictionary of Sounds (Jiyun), pronounced tiao. Sometimes written as a variant of the character meaning to leap over. Also, according to Rhyme Supplements (Yunbu), rhyming with chao. In Lu Yun’s Eulogy for Prime Minister Lu: his brilliance was already pure, his transcendent path therefore vaulted; the grand order embraced the wild, his luminous spirit grasped the radiance.