Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) 19 strokes Page 720, Entry 29 Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced nao. The appearance of a dog being startled. Also, Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music (Yueji): The nao perform mixed with women and children. Commentary: Nao means the macaque. It refers to dancers moving like macaques playing. Nao is sometimes written as nao (variant form). Also, Extensive Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced you. Extensive Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun): Nao is a name for a dog. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced nao. In the Southern Yue region, dogs are called nao. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Classified Chapters (Leipian): Pronounced nao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Originally written as nao, sometimes written as nao, nao, or nao. See detailed entry under the character nao.