Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Gua Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 522, Entry 19 Pronounced tian (falling tone). Same as the variant form (kuo). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to wood used in a cooking stove. Sometimes also written in a variant form (kuo). Pronounced tian (falling tone). Meaning is the same. Refers to a wooden staff. Pronounced kuo (rising tone). According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), same as the juniper (gui). It has the leaves of a cypress and the trunk of a pine. Pronounced kuai (falling tone). Meaning is the same. In the Book of Documents (Shujing), specifically the Tribute of Yu (Yu Gong) section, it mentions the catalpa, the wood for arrows, the juniper, and the cypress. The character gua is the same as the variant form (kuo). Note that in the Modern Text Book of Documents (Jinwen Shangshu), all instances are written with the character gua, while the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) uses the variant form (kuo).