Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Fou Kangxi Stroke Count: 7 Page 178, Entry 02 Ancient script. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced fou (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced fou (rising tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Means no. Xu Kai says: When an opinion of disapproval is expressed in speech, it is therefore formed with the mouth radical. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): To refuse or deny. Book of Documents (Shujing), Yi Ji chapter: If they do not, then overawe them. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Nan section: Harm in washing, harm in failing. Also, Small Elegant (Xiaoya) section: Taste whether it is good or not. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Commonly written as bu (no). Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced pi (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced pi (rising tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): Closed and not moving. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To block; name of a hexagram in the Book of Changes (Yijing). Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced bi (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Evil. Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Filthy. Book of Changes (Yijing), Shi hexagram: Initially six, the army marches according to discipline; if the outcome is not good (fou), it is ominous. Commentary: Fou means destruction and defeat; zang means having merit. Also, Ding hexagram: Initially six, the cauldron overturns its feet, it is advantageous to pour out the foul. Note: Fou refers to unclean things. Commentary: Pouring out the foul and filthy things. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Elegant (Daya) section: Not knowing good or evil. Also: Whether the state is good or not. Note: According to the Explanation of Texts (Shiwen), in the Book of Documents (Shujing) Yi Ji chapter and the Book of Odes (Shijing) Zhengmin section, the character fou combines both the pronunciations of fou and bi. Also, rhyming with the sound fu (level tone). Chu Elegies (Chuci), Nine Chapters (Jiuzhang): My heart is pure but not released, encountering slanderous people who are jealous of me. The ruler harbors anger waiting for his minister, not clarifying the truth or falsehood of the matter. Also, rhyming with the sound fu (rising tone). Lin, Great Wilderness Rhapsody (Dahuang Fu): Observing the blame and merit of the six and five, impoverished yet rich, repeating this cycle, how can one call it the good or evil of conduct.