Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 887, Entry 12 Pronounced gu Refers to binding objects with bamboo strips. According to the Record of Sayings (Yulu), during the Song dynasty, there was a barrel cooper at Daci Temple who was well-versed in the Book of Changes (Yijing). The brothers Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi once went to consult him on difficult questions, and he answered them fluently. When they asked for his surname, he would not reply. The New Account of Guangdong (Guangdong Xinyu) records that the villages in the Panyu area are all located on islands. Large villages are called Large Hoop-Enclosures, and small villages are called Small Hoop-Enclosures, meaning they are surrounded by river water on all sides.