Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Nào Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 629, Entry 27 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced nào. As defined in Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): Mud. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), sixteenth year of Duke Cheng: There was mud ahead, and they all swerved left and right to avoid the mud. Also, per Word Forest (Zilin): To be extremely moist is called nào. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Annals of Suburban Sacrifices: Hard ice and sinking mud. Also, a name of a river. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): In the midst of the Great Northwest Wilderness is Dragon Mountain, where the sun and moon enter. There are three marshes called the Three Nào. Also, a surname. History of the Road (Lushi): The ancient Chu state of Nào became the Nào clan. Also, per Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhào. To harmonize. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Master’s Funeral Rites: Auspicious offerings are widely harmonized. Commentary: Pu means great. Nào means to harmonize. When virtue is able to be greatly harmonious, there is millet. Also, pronounced chuò. The same as the variant form (zhuàn) and (chuò). As defined in Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): [Text missing in original]. Zhuangzi, Roaming at Ease: Delicate and beautiful as a maiden. Commentary: Nào-yuē describes a soft and yielding appearance.