Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Short-tailed bird (zhuī) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 1366, Entry 05 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced gou (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui): Pronounced gou (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): The cry of a male pheasant. When the thunder begins to stir, the pheasant cries and its neck makes a sound. Composed of the radicals for short-tailed bird and phrase (gou), with phrase (gou) also providing the phonetic. Book of Documents (Shangshu), chapter High Ancestor's Sacrificial Day (Gaozong rongri): There was a pheasant crying. Book of Rites (Liji), chapter Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): The pheasant cries, the chicken hatches. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form (gouqu). Also, the name of a county. History of the Former Han (Qianhan shu), Treatise on Geography: Goumao County in Shanggu Commandery. Commentary: Gou is pronounced gong-dou. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced gou (falling tone). Same meaning. History of the Former Han (Qianhan shu), Treatise on Geography, Commentary: Meng Kang says: Goumao is pronounced gou-wu. Also, Classified Lexicon (Leipian): Pronounced ji (rising tone). The cry of a pheasant.