Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Hair (biāo) Qu; Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 1454, Entry 02 Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced qu. Qu refers to the appearance of curled or wavy hair. According to the Book of Odes (Shijing), in the Lesser Odes (Xiaoya) section, it is written as "my hair is curled." Later generations added the hair radical to form the character written as qu.