Chen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Tree (mù). Kangxi strokes: 9. Page 517, Entry 03. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced ku. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ku. Explanation of Writing and Compounding Characters (Shuowen): Dry wood. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Table of the Feudal Lords: To crush dry, rotten things is an easy task. Also, Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven, Zheng Xuan Commentary: Those that are bare or dry are not taxed. Commentary (Shu): When mountain forests are not lush it is called bare; when mountains and marshes lack water it is called dry. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hu. A type of bamboo. Commonly written as the variant form (hù). See the detailed note under the entry for that character. Also, rhyming with the sound ke. Yellow Court Classic (Huangting Jing): With golden bells and red sashes, sitting in a whirling dance; balancing the blood and regulating life, the body does not wither.