Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Kuai Kangxi dictionary strokes: 16 Page 211, Entry 04 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced kuai. In the dictionary Explaining Simple and Compounding Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to swallow. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiao Ya): Bright and expansive is his rectitude. Annotations (Jian) state: kuai kuai is like kuai kuai, meaning the appearance of being wide, large, and bright. In the dictionary Explaining Simple and Compounding Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), one interpretation refers to gluttonous swallowing. Also serves as a surname. According to the Extended Rhymes (Guangyun), the Biography of Filial Sons (Xiaozi Zhuan) mentions Kuai Can, to whom a swan brought a pearl. According to the Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced kuai. Refers to swallowing in small amounts. According to the Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced guai. Used as a personal name, such as King Kuai of Yan. Also pronounced kuai. Used as a place name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) record that the State of Wei defeated the State of Zhao at the place of Kuai. Commonly written as the variant form (kuai). According to Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), House of Zhao, the State of Wei defeated our country at the place of Kuai. It was originally written with the water radical, as it refers to a river name. The Collection Rhymes (Jiyun) places it under the mouth radical, though the basis for this is unknown. Also pronounced kuo. Refers to swelling and discoloration, with colors peeling and mottled. Wang Shuzhi explains it as the appearance of being unstable, oscillating between fullness and emptiness. Zhuangzi, Letting Reign Chapter (Rangwang pian): Zengzi resided in the State of Wei, wearing a robe padded with tangled hemp and lacking a lining, his complexion puffy and dark, with his hands and feet covered in calluses.