Xu Collection, Middle Volume, Page 129, Entry 03 Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Pronounced gou (falling tone). To take milk from cows and sheep. Also, a variant of the character 㝅 (gǒu) according to "Zhengyitong." Note: According to "Shuowen Jiezi," 㝅 means milk. The people of Chu called milk 㝅. It is also pronounced gou (falling tone). The meaning of 㨌 may derive from this. The original character in "Jiyun" was 㨌. The character 㨌 was originally composed of 㨌 and 手.