Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) Page 708, Entry 16 Pronounced ju (falling tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The appearance of a dog looking at something. Derived from the radical Dog, with the phonetic element Eye. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Name of a beast. A type of ape or monkey. The lips are thick and greenish-blue in color. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Commentary on Beasts: Birds are called ju. Commentary: Spreading both wings. Sub-commentary: Spreading both wings, moving in a flapping manner. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced xu (falling tone). A dog looking at something.