Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Long Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 213, Entry 01 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced long. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Pronounced long. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): The throat. Erya (Erya), Explanation of Birds: The kang, a bird's long. Commentary: Refers to the throat. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Record of the Five Elements, Children's Rhyme: Officials buy horses, the lord buys a carriage, please sound your throats and wail for you lords.