You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Nuo; Kangxi strokes: 16; Page 1173, Entry 01 Ancient form: nuo Tangyun, Zhengyun: Pronounced nuo (entering tone) Jiyun, Yunhui: Pronounced ni (entering tone) Shuowen Jiezi: To respond with agreement. Yupian: To answer. Zhengyun: The sound of answering. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Lu: There was no one who dared not answer. Commentary: Words of response. Book of Rites (Liji), Jade Beads: When a father calls, one should use the word wei, not the word nuo. Note: Wei indicates promptness and respect; nuo indicates slowness and negligence. Also, in the Pitch-pot game: The grand master says nuo. 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, responding with nuo at every sentence. Also, Yunhui: To agree with others using language is called nuo. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Eighteenth Year of Duke Xiang: Xianzi agreed. Analects (Lunyu): Zilu had no delayed promises. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Ji Bu: A proverb of the Chu region says: Obtaining one hundred catties of gold is not as good as obtaining a single promise from Ji Bu. Laozi, Tao Te Ching: Those who promise lightly surely have little trustworthiness. Xunzi, Regulations of a King: Rewards and promises should be such that everyone under heaven trusts them. Note: Nuo means to agree; yi means to disagree. Also, an interjection of self-sighing. Gongyang Commentary (Gongyang Zhuan), First Year of Duke Xi: Qingfu said: This is the voice of Xisi, nuo yi. Note: Nuo and yi are both tones of self-sighing. Also, History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Biography of Prince Feng of Jiangxia: When Feng was five years old, Emperor Gao of Qi had him learn the phoenix-tail nuo, and he mastered it at once. Pan Yuan, Recorded Observations: The memorials of the feudal lords were all approved with the word nuo, and the character nuo has a tail resembling a phoenix. Also, Zibu: Nuogao, name of a deity. Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang (Youyang Zazu): Contains the Record of Nuogao. Also, a river name. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of the Xiongnu: Han Chang and Zhang Meng ascended the eastern mountain of the Nuo River in Xiongnu territory with the Chanyu and the ministers. Shigu Note: In the present-day Turkic region, it is the Nuozhen River. Also, a prefecture name. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Geography Treatise: Nuo Prefecture, belonging to Jingbian Commandery, established in the fifth year of the Zhenguan era. Also, a surname, see Book of Surnames (Xingyuan).