You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Character: 蹴 Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 1233, Entry 36 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced cu. Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): To step or trample upon. Mencius (Mengzi): To kick at and offer it. Zhao Qi notes: The term means to kick or stomp. Biography of Liang Ji in History of the Later Han (Houhan Shu): Playing board games and kickball (cuju). The commentary cites the Miscellaneous Records (Bielu) by Liu Xiang, which states that the game of kickball originated in the time of the Yellow Emperor. Others say it originated during the Warring States period. Categorized Chapters (Leipian): Sometimes also written in a variant form (cu). Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xiu; Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xiu. The meaning is the same. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Categorized Chapters (Leipian): Pronounced qi. Curan means a respectful appearance.