Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Hu Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 738, Entry 04 Pronounced hu. According to the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to coral. See the detailed entry for the character shan. It also refers to a huli, which is a vessel used in ancestral temples for storing millet. According to the Book of Rites (Liji), the Xia dynasty used four lian vessels, and the Shang dynasty used six hu vessels.