Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) 17 Kangxi strokes Page 719, Entry 12 Pronounced kuài. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Crafty and cunning. Composed of the Dog radical and the phonetic component for meeting. Fangyan (Dialect of Yangzi): Caojue means kuài. In the regions of Qin and Jin, it is called kuài. Also, pronounced guài. The meaning is the same. Ji Yun (Rhyme Compilation): Sometimes written in a variant form (jié). Also, as cited in Bo Ya (Broad Refinement): To disturb. Also, pronounced guài. Originally written as the character for strange. Cunning. Also, pronounced huá. Originally written as the character for crafty (huá). Refer to the entry for the character for crafty (huá) for detailed notes. The character was originally composed of the Dog radical and the component for making. Research notes: In the Ji Yun (Rhyme Compilation), it is sometimes written as a variant. Per the original text, the variant has been corrected to jié.