Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Leather (gé) 鞻 Kangxi Stroke Count: 20 Page 1391, Entry 26 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced lou. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced lou. The reading is similar to lou. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), defined as the Didi-Lou clan, an official title responsible for the music of the various ethnic minorities of the four directions. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced lou. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), pronounced ju. The meaning is the same. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced lu. The meaning is the same. The Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Offices, Ancestral Director mentions the Didi-Lou clan. The commentary notes that lou is pronounced like ju. Didi-ju refers to the shoes worn by dancers from the various ethnic minorities of the four directions. Lu Chen states that di refers to leather shoes. Lou refers to the gathering and binding of such shoes. The Explanation of Sounds (Shiwen) provides pronunciations as ju and lu.