Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Evening (xì) 夙 Kangxi strokes: 6 Page 246, Entry 07 Ancient form. According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), it is pronounced su (falling tone). According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), it is also pronounced su (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to respect early in the morning. In the Book of Documents (Shujing), specifically the Canon of Shun, it is written: From early morning until night, be respectful. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), in the Greater Odes section, it is written: Praying for the year to be very early. It is also a surname, derived from the descendants of Ji Sun Su, a high official of the State of Lu. There is also the compound surname Susha. It is also pronounced xi (high level tone) to rhyme with the following line. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), in the Greater Odes section, it is written: It shook and it started early. It rhymes with the word ji.