Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: Qiu Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 1306, Entry 08 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced qiu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qiu. A type of chisel. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bin (Binfeng): Also missing our qiu. Commentary: A wooden tool is called a qiu. Explanation of Text: Qiu, pronounced qiu. A type of chisel. One explanation says: the modern single-headed axe. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qiu. The meaning is the same. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bin (Binfeng) Explanation of Text: Xu Miao reads it as such. Commonly written in a variant form (huan).