Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Knife (dāo) Character: Kū Kangxi stroke count: 8 Page 138, position 42 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Fanqie pronunciation kǔ and hú, sounding like kū. Rhyme Collection (Jiyun), Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Fanqie pronunciation kōng and hú, sounding like kū. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): To split or divide. Book of Changes (Yijing): Hollowed out wood to make a boat. Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): To empty the entrails of a creature; to butcher. Book of Han (Hanshu): Together with a skilled butcher, they eviscerated and skinned it. Commentary: Kū means to cut open. Also, Rhyme Collection (Jiyun): Pronounced kōu. The meaning is the same.