You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Nuo; Kangxi strokes: 16; Page 1173, Entry 02 Ancient form: Nuo Tangyun, Zhengyun: Pronounced nuo (entering tone) Jiyun, Yunhui: Pronounced ni (entering tone) Shuowen Jiezi: A sound made in response. Yupian: To answer or respond. Zhengyun: The sound of agreeing. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lu Hymns: No one dared not to respond with nuo. Commentary: Words of agreement. Book of Rites (Liji), Jade Beads: When a father calls, one should reply with wei and not with nuo. Note: Wei is a rapid and respectful reply, while nuo is a slow and casual reply. Also, in Pitch-pot (Touhu): The master says nuo. Sub-commentary: Words indicating acceptance. Records of Wu (Wuzhi), Biography of Gu Yong: Whenever Gu Ti received a letter from his father, he would kneel to read it, and for every sentence he read, he would respond with a nuo. Also, Yunhui: To agree with others through speech is called nuo. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), 18th Year of Duke Xiang: Xianzi agreed. Analects (Lunyu): Zilu never delayed a promise overnight. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Ji Bu: There is a proverb in the Chu region: Receiving a hundred catties of gold is not as good as receiving a single promise from Ji Bu. Laozi (Daodejing): Those who make promises easily are bound to have little credibility. Xunzi, On Kings and Hegemons: Rewards and promises should be such that the whole world trusts them. Note: Nuo means to agree. Yi means not to agree. Also, an interjection expressing self-sighing. Gongyang Commentary (Gongyangzhuan), 1st Year of Duke Xi: Qingfu said: This is the voice of Xisi, nuo yi. Note: Nuo and yi are both interjections used for self-sighing. Also, History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Biography of King Feng of Jiangxia: When Feng was five years old, Emperor Gao of Qi had him learn to write the phoenix-tail nuo, and he wrote it well upon learning it. Pan Yuan, Recorded Observations (Jiwendan): The memorials of feudal lords were all marked with the character nuo, and the final stroke of the character resembled a phoenix tail. Also, Zihui Bu: Nuogao, the name of a deity. Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang (Youyang Zazu): Contains the Nuogao Record. Also, the name of a river. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of the Xiongnu: Han Chang and Zhang Meng, together with the Chanyu and his ministers, ascended the mountain to the east of the Nuo River in the Xiongnu territory. Shigu Note: It is the present-day Nuozhen River in the Turkic region. Also, a prefecture name. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Geography: Nuo Prefecture, belonging to Jingbian Commandery, established in the fifth year of the Zhenguan era. Also, a surname, see Surname Garden (Xingyuan).