Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Feather (yǔ) He Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 958, Entry 41 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui) define it as pronounced huo (falling-rising tone). Explanations of Characters (Shuowen): The appearance of glossy bird feathers. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pure and white. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): White birds, bright and glossy. Commentary: The appearance of being glossy and well-fed. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Bright and glossy. Notes: Guo Pu states it refers to the white, shining appearance of water. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) also lists pronunciation as jue (rising tone); Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun) list pronunciation as jue (checked tone). Meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hao (falling-rising tone). White feathers. Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced hu (rising tone). Meaning is the same.