Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Entry: Qu Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page 977, Entry 18 Pronounced qu. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters): Strips of dried meat. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Dried meat. Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): Straight meat is called ting, bent meat is called qu. Book of Rites (Liji): Left bend and right end. Commentary: To bend in the middle is called qu. Ceremonial and Rituals (Yili): The qu is to the south. Commentary: Qu refers to the bending of dried meat and jerky. Also means far. Guanzi: Observe the customs and atmosphere; those who sacrificed in ancient times had times that were distant (qu). Commentary: Qu means far. It refers to sacrificing far in advance to pray for blessings for the coming year. Also a plant name. Erya (Approaching Elegance): Qian gui qu. Also, according to Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), a mountain name. Also a state name. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Northern Qu State, located south of the Yu River. Also a city name. Book of Han (Hanshu): Took the city of Xuqu. Commentary: Xuqu was a city of the Zhu state. Also, according to the Treatise on Geography: Linqu. Commentary: Belonged to Qi Commandery. Also a place name on the sea coast. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Thereupon he set up a stone at the border of Qu on the Eastern Sea. Also a surname. The Han dynasty official Qubing. See Discourses on Salt and Iron (Yantielun). Also a person's name. Book of Han (Hanshu): Ji Qunao was originally favored, but later became estranged. Also, according to Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes), pronounced xu. Quyan, the name of a nomadic tribe, located in Beidi. Also pronounced xu. Also pronounced xiong. The meaning is the same. Also, according to Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), pronounced chun. Han dynasty Qu, a county name. Also, according to Wuyin Jiyun (Five Tones Collection of Rhymes), pronounced bo. Same as the previous character. According to Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes), sometimes written in a variant form. According to Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes), dried meat bent in the middle is called qu; composed of meat and the radical for sentence, distinct from qu. Qu is composed of the radical for flesh, pronounced xu. Qu refers to a cart yoke.