You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (gǔ) Huo Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 1190, Entry 23 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced kuo. Shuowen Jiezi: An unobstructed mountain valley. Six Writings (Liushu Gu): A mountain valley that is open and wide. Also, Guangya: Meaning empty and vast. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Deep, gaping, and vast. Annotation: Gaping and vast refers to something empty, spacious, and deep. Also, Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Meaning to clear or open up. Book of Han (Qianhan), Biography of Yang Xiong: Sprinkled and cleared out the silt in the open canal. Annotation by Shigu: To open and unblock. Also, Yupian: Meaning broad-minded. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Emperor Gaozu: The spirit was vast and open. Annotation by Shigu: Vague and open, the appearance of being vast and grand. Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals of Emperor Gaozu: Free-spirited, broad-minded, and open, with a sincere nature. Also, rhyming with xue: Pronounced xue. Zhang Heng, Western Metropolis Rhapsody (Xijing Fu): The bustling crowds and swaying halls, the towering and reaching eaves; the palaces of Yi and Cheng, wide and gaping. Shuowen Jiezi: Originally written as a different variant.