Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Wuo Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 264, Entry 20 Pronounced wo (falling tone). Wuo refers to a weak body or a graceful posture. In the Ancient Music Bureau (Gu Yuefu), there is the line, "Pearls and pendants dance gracefully in the golden palace." Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it refers to an attendant or handmaiden. It is interchangeable with the character guo in the phrase two women guo found in the Mencius (Mengzi). It is also written in a variant form (luo).