Wei Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Silk (mì)
Gou
Kangxi strokes: 15
Page 931, Entry 28
Guangyun (Guangyun): Pronounced gou.
Jiyun (Jiyun), Yunhui (Yunhui), Zhengyun (Zhengyun): Pronounced gou.
Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): The wrapping of a sword hilt.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Biography of Lord Mengchang: Master Feng was very poor, yet he still possessed one sword.
Also Kuai-gou. Note: Kuai is a type of grass, gou refers to the material wrapping the sword hilt. It describes a sword that has no precious materials, but is merely wrapped in kuai rope, hence it is called kuai-gou.
Jiyun (Jiyun): Pronounced kou.
Goushi, a place name.
Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): Block the passes of Huanyuan and Goushi.
Note: Goushi is named after the mountain.
Book of Han (Hanshu): Biography of Emperor Wu: Intending to visit Goushi.
Note: A county in Henan.
Also a surname.
Biographies of Filial Children (Xiaozi Zhuan): The daughter of the Goushi family of Chenliu.
Textual research:
Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): Pass of Huanyuan and Goushi. According to the original text, the two characters for block (sai) and huan (huan) have been added to the text.