Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cave (xué) 窮 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 867, Entry 10 In the Supplement to the Rhyme Dictionary (Yunhui xiaobu), it is stated that in the Original Text of the Shuowen it was written as qióng. It is formed from the radical Cave and the phonetic component gōng. In clerical script it is written as qióng. Also, in the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced gōng. It denotes a respectful appearance. Originally written as qióng. Sometimes it is written with the radical Cave as qióng.