Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Tao Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 196, Entry 02 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tao. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To speak excessively. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Originally written as the character for wailing. It is the same as the character for moving back and forth. Another definition is a young child unable to speak clearly. Another definition is to pray or invoke.