Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Wu Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 195, Entry 09 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) all provide the pronunciation wu (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to go against. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means to come into contact with one another. It is the same as the variant form wu. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written as the characters for wu or e. Additionally, according to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it means to encounter. As stated in the Nine Declarations (Jiuzhang) of the Songs of Chu (Chuci): Chonghua cannot be gone against.