Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) 樵 Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 551, Entry 22 Pronounced qiáo. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to scattered wood. In the Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), entry for the twelfth year of Duke Huan: Please do not stop those who gather firewood so as to lure them. Gathering firewood is also called qiao. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiaoya): Gathering that mulberry firewood, I dry it in the stove. Therefore, one who gathers firewood is called a qiaofu (woodcutter). In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lord Mengchang: Woodcutters and shepherd boys. Also means to burn. In the Gongyang Commentary (Gongyangzhuan), entry for the seventh year of Duke Huan: What does it mean to burn it? It means to use it as firewood. Also interchangeable with qiao. In the History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Zhao Chongguo: Built earthworks and wooden watchtowers. The commentary by Shigu states: This refers to building high towers to watch for the enemy. In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), sometimes written as a variant form (qiáo), and also written as a variant form (qiáo). The original graph was composed with grass (cǎo) at the top. Also, same as qiao.