Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower. Radical: Knife (dāo). Huō. Kangxi stroke count: 16. Page: page 145, number 02. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) provides the fanqie pronunciation xū-guō. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) provides the fanqie pronunciation hū-guō. Both are pronounced like huò. Jade Chapters (Yupian) defines this as to tear or split. Also, Collected Rhymes provides the fanqie pronunciation huáng-guō, pronounced like huò. The character was originally written in the form meaning to harvest grain, huò. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) defines it as to reap grain. It is sometimes also written in the variant form huò. Also, Collected Rhymes provides the fanqie pronunciation hú-mài, pronounced like huò. It means to tear or split.