Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Ear (ěr) 14 strokes Page 968, Entry 07 Pronounced guó. To cut off the ears of prisoners of war. Commentary from the Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): Used for capturing ears. Commonly written as a variant form (guó). The Character Forest (Zilin) states: Cutting the ear is written with the ear radical; presenting the head is written with the head radical.