Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: hu Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 448, Entry 07 Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun): Pronounced hu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Pronounced hu. Sounds like hu. The reading is close to huo. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To dig. Master Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lüshi Chunqiu): The nature of water is clear, yet earth makes it hu. Note: It means muddy or chaotic. Also, from Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Pronounced ku. The meaning is the same. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): The fox buries it, and the fox digs it up, which is why there is no success. Note: To excavate. Also, an appearance of exerting strength. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi): Exerting strength greatly, yet seeing little achievement. Also, from Rectified Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced gu. The meaning is the same. Commonly written as hu, which is incorrect.