Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Entry: Qu Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 1338, Entry 12 Pronounced qu. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Quiet. Yupian: Quiet and without people. Book of Changes (Yijing), Abundance Hexagram: Quiet, as if without people. Commentary: Peering into the room, it is quiet and desolate, with no one there. Also, according to Jiyun: Pronounced huo. The meaning is the same. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) Xu Commentary: Regarding the Book of Changes, it says to peer into the house, and it is quiet with no one there. Peering is looking closely; qu is opening the eyes wide. It means that when one first looks closely, even with eyes wide open, one sees no one. The meaning should only use the character qu.