You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Gou Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 1158, Entry 02 Pronounced hou (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Xiegou, meaning disgrace or shame. Guangya: Meaning to scold. Yupian: Meaning disgrace or shame. Guangyun: Meaning anger. Zengyun: Meaning to reproach or scold. Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Zhuan), 8th year of Duke Ai: The people of the state of Cao scolded him and would not let him pass. Du's Commentary: Meaning to insult or scold. Book of Rites (Liji), Ruxing: Constantly using the status of a scholar to shame and reproach one another. Commentary: Goubing, meaning similar to disgrace. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Deng Yu: Deng Yu heard this and scolded him. Commentary: Meaning to scold. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Liu Wenjing: Junya angrily scolded him, saying: Rebels merely wish to kill me. Sound and Meaning: Meaning anger. Also: Meaning flowery or deceitful speech. Also: Jin Hu Zi Kao: Xiegou, meaning lacking ambition or integrity. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Jia Yi: Xiegou, lacking integrity. Shigu's Commentary: Xiegou refers to being without ambition or duty. Also: As a surname, found in Surname Garden (Xingyuan). Also: Pronounced kou. Also: Pronounced hou (falling tone). Also: Pronounced gou (falling tone). Also: Pronounced hou. Also: Pronounced gou (rising tone). The meanings are the same. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Sometimes written in a variant form (zhou). Jiyun: Also written in a variant form.