Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi strokes: 15. Page 450, Entry 22.
According to Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui), pronounced hua (departing tone). According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means horizontally large. According to Broad Rhyme (Guangyun), it means wide.
As stated in the Commentary of Zuo (Zuo Zhuan), Year 21 of Duke Zhao: If the small is not overly slender and the large is not overly wide, it will be in harmony with the vessel; now the bell is too wide. The commentary states: tiao means slender and not full, while huo means wide and inappropriate. It is sometimes written in a variant form. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced gua, sound is hua. The meaning is the same.
Textual research: In the Commentary of Zuo (Zuo Zhuan), Year 21 of Duke Zhao, it states: If the small is not overly slender and the large is not overly wide, it will be in harmony with the vessel; now the bell is too wide. Following the original text, "added to the vessel" has been corrected to "in harmony with the vessel."