Chou Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Earth (tǔ). Entry: fu. Kangxi stroke count: 8. Page 227, Entry 13. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced fu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced fu. It is white stone crystal. In the Poem of Sir Fantasy (Zixu Fu) by Sima Xiangru: arsenic sulfide and white stone crystal. Also, in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced fu. To bind wood together to cross a river. One source states that commoners ride upon a raft. Sometimes also written in a variant form. Also, in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced fu. Explaining Characters (Shuowen): To increase. Used interchangeably with the term for attached or append (fu).