Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) 痤 Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 774, Entry 17 Pronounced cuó Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A small swelling. Also defined as a cluster or gathering. Xu says: It is now written in a variant form (cù) or as (lí), which is incorrect. Yupian (Yupian): A pimple or furuncle. Guangya (Boya): A sore or carbuncle. Han Feizi (Han Feizi), Chapter Six Contradictions: To lance a sore is painful, to drink medicine is bitter. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Treatise on Harmonics and Calendrical Astronomy: At White Dew, the gnomon shadow is six feet, two inches, and eight-tenths long. If it does not arrive when it should, it leads to many cases of sores, carbuncles, and diarrhea. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Mount Jinxing has many Tianying, which look like dragon bone and can be used to treat sores. Commentary: A carbuncle is a sore. Also used in personal names. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin: In the battle against Wei and Jin at Shaoliang, they captured their general, Gongsun Cuo.