You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 1225, Entry 01 Pronounced kua (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters) defines this as to cross. Yupian (Jade Chapters) defines this as to surpass. Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo), 13th Year of Duke Zhao: King Kang crossed over it. The commentary states: to pass over the top of it. Also, Guangyun (Broad Rhymes) defines this as the space between the two thighs. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Lu: There are bay horses and yellow horses. The commentary states: a black horse with white in the space between the thighs is called a bay horse. The sub-commentary quotes Guo Pu, who says it refers to the space between the thighs. The Cangjie Pian (Cangjie Chapters) says it is the space between the two thighs. Pronounced ku (falling tone). To sit with legs apart (crouch/straddle). Discourses of the States (Guoyu): Do not straddle their state. The commentary states: it means to sit with legs apart. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Li Si: This is not the strategy for straddling the world within the seas to control the feudal lords. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: To straddle a wild horse. The commentary (Suoyin) says: straddle means to mount it. Pronounced kua (level tone). The people of Wu refer to sitting as straddling. Leipian (Classified Chapters) defines this as sitting with legs spread wide. Pronounced ku (rising tone). The appearance of walking without making progress. Pronounced kua (rising tone). The appearance of walking.