Mao Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Heart (xīn)
Strokes: 9
Page 380, Entry 04
Pronounced kou
Expanded Dictionary (Guangyun): Appearance of being foolish and dull.
Songs of Chu (Chuci), Nine Arguments (Jiubian): Upright yet foolishly inviting hardship upon oneself.
Han Yu, Southern Mountain Poem (Nanshan Shi): The mountain rocks obstruct, making one appear dull and foolish.
Also written in a variant form (kou).
Pronounced gou
Pronounced gou (rising tone)
Expanded Dictionary (Guangyun): The same as the term for hunchbacked (gou).
Pronounced ju (falling tone)
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The meaning is fear.