You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Walk (chuò)
Character: Gou
Kangxi Strokes: 17
Page 1262, Entry 21
Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) pronounce this as gou.
As defined in the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): to encounter.
As defined in the Progressive Dictionary (Erya), Chapter on Explaining Ancient Terms: gou, feng, yu, and e all mean to see.
Annotation: To walk and meet one another.
Book of Documents (Shangshu), Chapter on Announcement to Luo: There should be no encountering of self-inflicted illness.
Annotation: This means that while the body is healthy and strong, there is no encountering or suffering from self-inflicted harm.
Cui Yin, Comforting the Will Rhapsody (Weizhi Fu): I celebrate the favorable time encountered by the people of the past.
Also used interchangeably with the character pronounced gou.
History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Chapter on Preface: Having encountered many hardships.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Chapter on Bei Wind: Written as the variant form pronounced gou.
Correction: In the Progressive Dictionary (Erya), Chapter on Explaining Common Terms, it is listed as gou, feng, yu, and e mean to see. According to the original book, this has been corrected to the Chapter on Explaining Ancient Terms.