Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) 叫 Kangxi stroke count: 5 Page 172, Entry 06 Pronounced jiào. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To call out or shout. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiao Ya): There are those who do not know how to call out and wail. Explanatory Text (Shiwen): The original form of this character is also written as jiào. Also, the reduplicated form jiào jiào refers to a sound arriving from a distance. Yang Xiong, Explanation of Difficulties (Jienan): To speak in a loud voice that carries far away. Also written as jiào ào, describing an appearance of being held high. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Great Man (Daren fu): Coiled and lifted high. Also sé jiào. Zhu History (Zhushi): When Wang Deyong was summoned to the two directorates, someone recommended a candidate for an official post to him. Wang said: I am a military man and have never studied books; if I were ordered to make a recommendation, I would appear awkward (sé jiào). The contemporary use of the term sé jiào to describe something inconsistent with reason and logic originates from this. Pronounced jiù. Jiyun: Refers to a sound. Zhuangzi, Discourse on Making All Things Equal (Qiwulun): Those that shout and those that wail, this is how Guo Xiang reads it. History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Biography of the Prince of Changyi: Thereupon he cried out in a loud voice. Yupian: Same as jiào. Jiyun: Sometimes written as jiào. The common form jiào is incorrect. Textual verification: Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Great Man (Daren fu): jiū liǎo jiào ào. Corrected based on the original text, changing jiū liào to jiū liǎo.