Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Big (dà) Kangxi Strokes: 5 Page 249, Entry 08 Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced gǎo. Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters (Shuowen): To release. Formed from the character for big with the eight radical, representing separation. Also, in Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced hào. Identical to the character for vast sky (hào). Classic of the Origin (Yuanbao Jing): The great vastness enters the abyss. Commentary states: When the vastness enters the abyss, the primal energy descends.