Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Huang Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 271, Entry 02 Comprehensive Collection of Characters (Zihui) states the pronunciation is mao. It describes the appearance of being beautiful. It is also pronounced mao. The meaning remains the same. Correctness of Characters (Zhengzitong) considers the pronunciation of this character to be discordant and the definition to be without basis, noting that it is an error inherited from the Sea of Characters (Pianhai).