Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) 壕 Kangxi dictionary strokes: 17 Page 241, Entry 12 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun). Pronounced hao. A moat beneath a city wall. In a poem by Liu Zongyuan: Wild geese cry in the cold rain over an empty moat. Also a place name. Comprehensive Gazetteer (Yitongzhi): Shihao Town, located east of the city of Shan County, Shan Prefecture today. Du Fu wrote the poem The Official of Shihao.