Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Entry: Wu Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 270, Entry 01 Pronounced wu (rising tone). Same as the character pronounced wu (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) defines this as to charm or to flatter. Sima Xiangru, Upper Forest Rhapsody (Shanglin Fu): Charming, delicate, and weak. Commonly written as the character pronounced wu (rising tone). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Xiangru: Written as the character pronounced wu (rising tone) and charm.