You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wine Vessel (yǒu) Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1282, Entry 01 According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced cuo. According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to be sour. Xu says: People nowadays use this character for the word chou-cuo (reciprocal toasting), while using the character for vinegar instead to represent this word; this is an alteration caused by contemporary habits. According to Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means sour. According to Urgent Primer (Jijiupian), sour, salty, vinegary, and bland, distinguishing the muddy from the clear. According to Ma Dibo's Records of Feng and Shan Sacrifices (Fengshanji), vinegary pears and sour jujubes. According to History of the Sui (Suishu), Biography of Cruel Officials, there was a saying in Chang'an: One would rather drink three liters of vinegar than see Cui Hongdu. Also, according to Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced zuo. It refers to a guest offering a toast to the host. According to Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), it means reciprocal toasting. According to Cangjie Chapter (Cangjiepian), for the host to toast the guest is called chou, and for the guest to toast the host is called zuo. According to Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Statements, thereby one can participate in responding to reciprocal toasts and assist the spirits. According to Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom, the noble man has wine, he pours it full to toast him. The commentary says: zuo means to repay. Also, it is the name of a vessel. According to Master Yang's Regional Dialects (Fangyan), a steaming vessel is called yan in the regions east of the pass, or it is called zuo-liu.