Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Pu Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 1321, Entry 13 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): pronounced pu. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pu is the name of an arrow. Note that this was originally written as pu. See: Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals (Zuo Zhuan), tenth year of Duke Zhuang. Also, from Zhang Xie, Seven Commands (Qi ming): The pu metal from Yue is forged. Commentary: Pu refers to raw iron.