You Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Speech (yán)
Kangxi Strokes: 17
Page 1175, Entry 15
Pronounced suō.
Classic of Etymology (Erya): To rise.
Book of Rites (Liji), Records of Sacrifices (Jitong): The impersonator of the deceased rose, and the ruler with the four ministers consumed the leftovers.
Master Lie (Liezi), Yellow Emperor Chapter: As for those who dive, they have never seen a boat yet they rise and handle one.
Also suō-rán, the appearance of gathering or drawing in.
History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Cai Yong: The young gentleman gathered his sleeves and rose.
Also in the Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihuibu): suō-suō, the appearance of standing tall and straight.
A New Account of the Tales of the World (Shishuo Xinyu): The world views Li Yuanli as being as straight as a sturdy pine tree in a downward breeze.