Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Tapping (pū) Entry: 敄 Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 469, Entry 24 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced wu (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced wu (falling tone) Meaning: To be strong. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced wu (rising tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced wu (rising tone) Meaning: The same as above. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mou (rising tone) The same as the character mou. Outside of Northern Yan, to encourage one another to exert effort is referred to as mou. Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters (Shuowen): Formed from the radical Tapping (pū), written as 敄. The character 敄 was originally written using the radical Tapping (pū).