Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Door (hù). Kangxi stroke count: 4. Page 414, Entry 32. Ancient form. Pronounced hu (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining and Analyzing Characters): To protect. Shiming (Explanation of Names): A device used to carefully guard, close, and obstruct. Liushu Jingyun (Essence of the Six Writings): An opening in a house. Any opening in a house is called a hu, while an opening in a main hall is called a men. The inner opening is called a hu, and the outer opening is called a men. A single-leaf door is called a hu, while a double-leaf door is called a men. Book of Changes (Yijing), Jie Hexagram: Do not go out of the door or the courtyard. Book of Odes (Shijing), Bin Odes: Seal the north window and use mud to block the door cracks. Also, the common people are referred to as bianhu (registered households). Tang Liudian (Six Statutes of the Tang Dynasty): The Ministry of Revenue oversees the household registers of the world. Also means to stop or hinder. Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo), 12th Year of Duke Xuan: Qu Dang stopped him. Commentary: To stop. Also, Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Wang Jia: Dismissed from office due to negligence in guarding the palace gate, failing to stop someone who should not have entered. Commentary: Responsible for guarding the palace gate and stopping those who should not enter, but failing in duty and letting someone intrude. Also, Erya (Approaching Elegance), Interpretation of Lands: Guzhu and Beihu. Commentary: Beihu is a southern state. Commentary: It refers to Rinan Commandery. Shigu says: It means it is located south of the sun; it is called Beihu because the door faces north to catch the sun. Also, Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances: Hibernating insects begin to move and emerge from the opening of their holes. Commentary: Hu refers to something like an opening to a hole. Also, drinking has "large households" and "small households" referring to one's capacity for alcohol. Records of Wu (Wuzhi): Every time Sun Hao held a banquet, he set a limit of seven liters per person; those with small capacity were forced to finish even if they could not drink it all. Poem by Bai Juyi: Those with a large capacity for alcohol complain that the wine is weak. Also a surname. In the Han dynasty, there was Hu Zun. Also interchangeable with hu (bright and patterned appearance). Yang Xiong, Shu Capital Rhapsody (Shudu Fu): Patterned like a leopard. Also interchangeable with huo (a type of ancient music). Name of a piece of music composed by King Tang of Shang. Yang Xiong, Shu Capital Rhapsody (Shudu Fu): The music of huo plays in six movements. Also pronounced wu (flat tone). Huainanzi (The Master of Huainan), Seasonal Patterns: The Wusun state, written as Husun.