Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: rao Kangxi Stroke Count: 18 Page 939, Entry 06 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), the pronunciation is rao. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is rao (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to wrap or entwine. According to the Manual of Standardized Characters (Ganlu Zishu), the character rao is an alternative form of the character rao. Also used as a surname. As recorded in the Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Year 13 of Duke Wen: Rao Chao presented him with a strategy. The commentary notes that Rao Chao was a grandee of the State of Qin. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced rao (rising tone). The character nao is sometimes written in this form.