Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Child (zǐ) 孥 Kangxi strokes: 8 Page 279, Entry 09 Pronounced nu. Jade Chapter (Yupian): Child. Book of Documents (Shangshu): I will put your children to death. Commentary: The punishment extends to his children. Also written as the variant form (tang). Book of Odes (Shijing): Joyful with your wife and children. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): Xian Mie fled to Qin, and Xun Bo sent all of his wives, children, and their household goods and wealth to Qin. Also refers to a bird's tail. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): To harm the bird's tail. Du Commentary: A bird's tail is called a (tang). Correct Interpretation: (Tang) is a term for the small and weak; when applied to humans it refers to wives and children, and when applied to birds it refers to the tail, thus the term (tang) is used for both. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced nu (rising tone). Child. Also, pronounced nu (falling tone). Wives and children. Righteousness Character Guide (Zhengzitong): The Shuowen Jiezi separates (nu) and (tang) into two. Today, the (tang) in treasury is pronounced (tang); colloquially, wife and children (nu) is read as the sounds (nu) or (nu) (falling tone), which is incorrect.