You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: City (yì) shào Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 12 strokes Page 1270, Column 2 From Jiyun (Jiyun) and Yunhui (Yunhui): Pronounced "shí zhào qiē". From Wuyin Jiyun (Wuyin Jiyun): Pronounced "shì zhào qiē". Pronounced the same as "shào". From Guangyun (Guangyun): Explained as a place name. From Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Zhuan), Duke Xiang, 23rd Year: Records, "The Marquis of Qi attacked Jin and garrisoned Pi Shao." (Note) Explains it as a city of Jin. Also used as a surname. It is interchangeable with the character "shào" and is a descendant of Duke Shao Shi. From Shiji (Shiji), Biography of Bai Qi: Records, "Even the merits of Zhou Shao and Lu Wang would not benefit this." Also a place name, "Shaoling". From Shiji (Shiji), Basic Annals of Qin: Records, "Duke Huan of Qi attacked Chu and reached Shaoling." From Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Zhuan), Duke Xi, 4th Year: Written as "shào líng". From Zhengzitong (Zhengzitong): Explanation: Those with the radical "yì" indicate a city or a surname; those with the radical "jié" have the meaning of exhortation or towering. These two characters are often confused in common usage.