Xu Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Mound (fù). Qu. Kangxi stroke count: 13. Page 1347, number 18. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Fanqie pronunciation using the initial of qu and the final of yu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Fanqie pronunciation using the initial of qiu and the final of yu. Pronounced like qu. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): An enclosure for cattle and horses constructed by utilizing mountain valleys. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Imperial Garden (Shanglin fu): The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers serve as an enclosure. Yang Xiong, Preface to the Rhapsody on the Tall Poplars (Changyang fu): Using nets to form a surrounding enclosure. Note: Li Qi says that a qu is a barrier for intercepting birds and beasts. Ma Rong, Eulogy on Guangcheng (Guangcheng song): A surrounding enclosure encircles the waterways. Note: Using mountain valleys to block birds and beasts is called qu. Also Nuqu, the name of a Han dynasty palace. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Yang Xiong: Close by are Hongya and Panghuang, and Chuxu and Nuqu. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Also written in a variant form.