Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Entry: Qu Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 1338, Entry 01 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhymes Compendium (Yunhui), Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qu. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Quiet. Yupian: Quiet and without people. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram Feng: Qu, it is deserted with no one there. Commentary: Peering into the house, it is silent and deserted with no one there. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced huo. The meaning is the same. Shuowen Xu Note: According to the Book of Changes: Peering into the door, it is qu, deserted with no one there. To peer is to look narrowly. To be wide-eyed is to open the eyes wide. It means that when one first looks narrowly, even with eyes wide open, one sees no one. The meaning should only use the character for wide-eyed.