You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: City (yì) Entry character: 鄡 Kangxi strokes: 18 Page: 1277, entry 3 Guangyun pronunciation: ku yao qie. Jiyun pronunciation: qian yao qie. Zhengyun pronunciation: qian yao qie. Sound: qiao. Shuowen: Name of a county in Julu. Later Han (Hou Han Shu), Annals of Emperor Guangwu: "Struck the Bronze Horse bandits at Qu." Note: Qu belonged to Julu Commandery; its ancient city is now east of Lucheng County in Jizhou. Also Quyang. Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Treatise on Geography: "Belonged to Yuzhang Commandery." Also Quting, a place name. Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Wang Mang: "Xi Zai led several thousand troops and garrisoned Quting." Also a surname. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Confucius' Disciples: Qu Dan. Sometimes written in a variant form pronounced qu. Commonly written in a simplified form pronounced qu. Correction: In Later Han (Hou Han Shu), Annals of Emperor Guangwu, "tied the Bronze Horse bandits at Qu" should be corrected to "struck" according to the original text.