Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Hair (biāo) Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 1453, Entry 13 Pronounced tiáo Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A small child with hair gathered in a knot. Yupian (Jade Classics): A child's hair. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Fu Zhan: With hair gathered in tufts like horns and a determined will. Commentary: Cang says: Tiao means tufts of hair. Tiao fa refers to a young child with hanging hair. Ganlu Zishu (Book of Determining Characters): Commonly written in the variant form tiao.