You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Fu Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1246, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) define the pronunciation as fu. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): it refers to the spokes of a wheel. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiao Ya): Increase your spokes. Commentary: Increase refers to addition. Spokes refers to the straight pieces of wood within the wheel that point outward. Below, they have tenons to point toward the felly, and above, they have claws to gather into the hub. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Offices, Artificers' Record (Kaogongji): As for spokes, they serve to point straight outward. Furthermore, there are thirty spokes on a wheel to represent the sun and moon. Commentary: This represents their rotation. Also, in a rhyming variant, pronounced bi. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei (Wei Feng): Cutting the spokes with a clank, placing them by the side of the river. Included in the rhyme sequence with the characters zhi and shi.