Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) 咐 Kangxi stroke count: 8 Page 185, Entry 10 Compendium of Characters (Zihui bu): Pronounced fu. It means to breathe out. Huainan Masters (Huainanzi): Deliberating on the ten thousand differences, spreading widely to suit all things, breathing out and in, fermenting and brewing to complete the myriad living things.