Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Entry: Mao Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 266, Entry 27 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced mao. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced mao. Meaning according to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Beautiful eyes. According to Yangzi's Regional Speech (Fangyan): Any woman with a beautiful appearance and a slender figure is called E; in the region of the Yellow and Ji rivers, she is called Mao. Annotation: Nowadays, people west of the pass also refer to a beautiful appearance as Mao, and people in the Min region refer to a prostitute as Mao. Also, according to Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced mao. A variant form of the same character. Also, pronounced mao. A variant form of the same character. Also, pronounced mu. Same meaning.