Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Salt (lǔ) Entry: Cuo Kangxi Stroke Count: 21 Page 1507, Entry 29 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced zuo (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced cai (rising tone), sound cuo (rising tone). Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): Saltiness. In the Henei region it is called quan (rising tone), and in the Pei region the speech is like cuo (rising tone). Book of Rites (Liji), Songs of Ceremonies (Quli): Salt is called xiancuo. Commentary: Great saltiness is like cuo, the intensity of salty flavor. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced shi (rising tone), sound quan (rising tone). The meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also written as quan (rising tone). Written separately as cuo (rising tone), which is incorrect.