Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nü) Character: Hu Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 270, Entry 22 Pronounced hu (falling tone). The meaning is beautiful. Former Han (Qianhan): Hymns for Suburban Sacrifices (Jiaosige): The crowd of beautiful women are graceful and extraordinarily lovely. Zhang Heng: Rhapsody on Thoughts (Si Fu): Alas, the difficulty of jealousy and beauty, I long to rely on the one who has achieved the Way (Han) and drifted away. Note: Han refers to a person who has finally attained the Way and become an immortal. Yang Shen: Rhymes for Unusual Characters (Qizi Yun): In the Dianbo region, beautiful is referred to as hu-ba. Commonly written as the variant form hu. Sometimes also written in a variant form.