You Collection, Lower Volume. Radical: City (yì). Gào. Kangxi Strokes: 14. Page: 1271, Entry 36. According to Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), pronounced gǔdào qiè. According to Jiyun (Jiyun), Yunhui (Yunhui), and Zhengyun (Zhengyun), pronounced jūhào qiè, with the sound of gào. According to Explanations of Graphs (Shuowen Jiezi), it is the name of a state enfeoffed to a son of King Wen of Zhou. According to Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Duke Xi, 24th year: "Gao, Yong, Cao, and Teng were the zhāo descendants of Wen." The annotation states: "To the southeast of Chengwǔ County in Jìyīn, there is Gào city." Also a city in Song. According to Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), Duke Yin, 10th year: "The Duke defeated the Song army at Jiān, and on the xīn-wèi day, took Gào." Also a Jin city. According to Zuo Tradition, Duke Cheng, 13th year: "Burned our Jī and Gào." The annotation states: "Jī and Gào are two cities in Jin." Also a surname. According to Guangyun (Guangyun): "Gào Jiǔ, the prefect of Gāochāng in Jin." Also, according to Jiyun, pronounced gūwò qiè, with the sound of gù. The meaning is the same.