Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cave (xué) 窮 Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 867, Entry 01 Yunhui Xiaobu (Supplementary Notes to the Compilation of Rhymes) states: In the Shuowen (Shuowen Jiezi), it was originally written as the character pronounced qiong. It is formed from the radical Cave and the phonetic component gong. In the clerical script, it is written as qiong. Furthermore, Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes) states: Pronounced gong. It denotes the appearance of being respectful. Originally written as the character pronounced qiong. Sometimes written with the radical Cave as qiong.