Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Knife (dāo) wū Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page Number: Page 142, Number 18 According to the Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Rhymes (Yunhui), and Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun), the fanqie pronunciation is formed by the characters wū and gǔ, pronounced like wū. Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun): To execute. Book of Han (Qianhan), Postface of Ban Gu: Brought the high ministers to execution. Commentary: Fu Qian says that wū means heavy, referring to a severe execution. Also interchangeable with the character for room, pronounced wū. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Ministry of Justice (Qiuguan), Officer of Fire (Sixuanshi): If the state carries out a private execution within a room. Commentary: This refers to a killing that is not done in the public market, but is instead carried out by the Officer of the Fields (Dianshishi). According to the Collected Rhymes and Rhyme Rhymes, the fanqie pronunciation is formed by the characters yǐ and jiǎo, pronounced like wò. Erudition (Boya): To execute.