Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) Pao Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 708, Entry 24 Pronounced pao. According to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun) and the Collected Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Jiyun), the pronunciation is pao. According to the Universal Dictionary (Yupian), it is a type of beast. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanjings): On Mount Gouwu there is a beast; it has the body of a sheep and the face of a human. Its eyes are beneath its armpits, it has the teeth of a tiger and the claws of a human, and its voice is like that of an infant. It is named paoxiao. It eats humans. Guo commentary: It is a creature of greed. Even after it has eaten a human, it continues to harm others. Its image is on the cauldrons of the Xia dynasty. This is what the Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan) calls the taotie. Pao is pronounced pao. In Further Discussions from the Eastern Observatory (Dongguan yulun): It is used to decorate the sides of vessels, representing its original form, as a warning against gluttony. Textual verification: In the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanjings), it says: On Mount Gouwu there is a beast named paoxiao. It eats humans. The commentary states: Guo says, it is a creature of greed. Even after it has eaten a human, it continues to harm others. Per the original text, Guo commentary has been corrected to read Guo says.