Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: 咶 Kangxi Stroke Count: 9 Page 187, Entry 14 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced huai. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced huai. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Nasal breathing. Extensive Refinement (Boya): Breathing. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced kuo. Meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hua. Same as the word for speech. To speak. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced shi. Same as the character for to lick. Tube Master (Guanzi), Earth Numbers Chapter: A family of ten mouths, ten people licking salt. Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi), World of Men Chapter: If one licks its leaves, then the mouth will rot and be injured. Master Xun (Xunzi), Prosperous States Chapter: This is like crouching down and licking the sky. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Record of the Empresses: Tang dreamed of reaching the sky and licking it.