Supplementary Note Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Entry: kuài Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 235, Entry 01 Compendium of Categories (Pianhai leibian) states the pronunciation is yue. Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) pronunciation is kuai. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) pronunciation is kuai. Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui) pronunciation is kuai. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) pronunciation is kuai; the sound is identical to kuai. Explication of Written Characters (Shuowen): A clod of earth. Treatise on Curiosities (Bowuzhi): People in Xuzhou refer to dust as pengkuai. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), 23rd Year of Duke Xi: When Duke Chong'er of Jin was living in exile abroad, he passed through the state of Wei, where he was not treated with due respect. After he left Wulu, he begged for food from a rustic, who handed him a clod of earth. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Mourning Rites: In all cases when dwelling in a mourning hut, one sleeps on a straw mat and uses a clod of earth as a pillow. Also, the Creator is referred to as the Great Clod. Zhuangzi, Great and Venerable Teacher: Nature provides me with a physical form and causes me to toil through life. Guo Pu, Rhapsody on the Yangtze (Jiangfu): Heaven and Earth nourish all things, manifesting them in various forms. Also, leikuai refers to pent-up feelings of injustice within one's breast. Account of the World (Shishuo): Ruan Ji of the Jin dynasty had pent-up feelings of injustice in his breast, which is why he needed wine to wash away his sorrows. Also, xiankuai refers to holding a clod of earth in the mouth to request punishment. History of the Tang (Tangshu), Imperial Records: At the end of the Tianbao era, An Lushan rebelled, and the Emperor considered abdicating the throne to the Crown Prince. Consort Yang held a clod of earth in her mouth and requested her own death; the Emperor abandoned the idea, and thus the abdication ceased. Also, the appearance of being alone. One source states that people in the Chu region refer to themselves as kuai. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Nine Arguments (Jiubian): Standing alone in this desolate marsh, I gaze at the floating clouds and sigh longingly. Lu Ji, Rhapsody on Literature (Wenfu): Standing alone and conspicuously prominent, it is not something that ordinary tones can match. Also, Collected Chapters (Leipian) states the pronunciation is hui, and the sound is identical to hui. The meaning is the same. Also, synonymous with the character kui. See the entry for kui for further details.