Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) 嬬 Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 272, Entry 44 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xu. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Weak. Another definition is a lower-ranking wife. Book of Changes (Yijing), section on Returning Maiden (Guimei): The returning maiden must wait. Wu Cheng says: Xun and Lu write it as 嬬. Also, in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced ru. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ru. Refined Observations (Boya): A wife is called a ru. Another definition is the name of a concubine. Also, in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced nou. A woman's name.