Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Old (lǎo) Gou Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 961, Entry 07 Guangyun (Dictionary of Sounds and Rhymes): Pronounced gou (rising tone) Jiyun (Collective Dictionary of Sounds): Pronounced gou (rising tone) Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced gou (rising tone) Zhengyun (Standard Dictionary of Rhymes): Pronounced gou (rising tone) Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): The face of an elderly person is dark and withered like filth. Shiming (Explanation of Names): Gou means filth. The skin color is black and withered, always appearing as if it were dirty. Some say it is called hu gou. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Opposing its elders and leaders. Commentary: The elders and leaders. Book of Odes (Shijing): Extending to those with yellowed, aged skin. Commentary: Aged. Explanation of Texts: Long-lived. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan): Even if they are captured elders, take them if they are seized. Also, in Yunbu (Supplement to Rhymes): Rhymes with the sound xu (rising tone). Cui Yin, Comforting the Will (Weizhi Fu): Opening the four gates to extend the invitation widely, those reclusive shepherds I promote. With the plan settled and the strategy decided, how could it be said that I would be an obscure elder.