You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) 蹙 Kangxi Strokes: 18 Page 1232, Entry 06 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced cu (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To press or constrain. Book of Odes (Shijing): Now the state is pressed and diminished by a hundred li each day. Book of Rites (Liji): Otherwise it would be too rushed and constrained. Commentary: This refers to being excessively urgent and pressed. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced cu (entering tone). Same as cu (to kick). Book of Rites (Liji): If one kicks the forage of a carriage horse, there shall be punishment. Explication of Text: The character cu was originally also written as cu (to kick). Guangyun: To approach. Also commonly written as cu. Mencius (Mengzi): He frowned (cu) and said. Zhu Xi Commentary: The character cu (frown) is the same as cu (press). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qi (entering tone). Lei Pian: Appearing small. Book of Odes (Shijing): Hemmed in and small with nowhere to gallop. Zheng Commentary: Hemmed in and small, the appearance of being small. Erya: Hemmed in and small, means cramped.