Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Gourd (hú) Pronounced li (falling tone) Refers to the gourd. Also refers to a gourd ladle. "Fangyan (Yangzi)" states that a gourd ladle is a gourd dipper. "Jiu Tan (Chu Ci)" says that gourds and ladles are damaged by borers in bamboo boxes. "Dan Qian Lu" states that nowadays in the Min and Guang regions, the shells of horseshoe crabs are used to make ladles, and in the Jiang and Huai regions, large conch shells are used to make ladles. This is the use of insect shells to replace gourds. Therefore, the meaning of the character encompasses both aspects. Ancient sound catalog entry is written as "㼌下䖵". Also written as "瓥".