Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Xiao Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 205, Entry 25 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xiao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xiao. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Boastful speech. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Grand. Mencius (Mengzi): His ambition is grandiose. Commentary: Ambition and speech are grand. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): An appearance of being startled. Also: Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced xiao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xiao. Jade Chapters (Yupian): The crowing of a rooster. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The Book of Odes (Shijing) says: The rooster crows xiao xiao. Note: In the current Book of Odes, within the Zheng Airs (Zhengfeng), it is written as jiao jiao. Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Also written as jiao. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced pao. Speech that is untrue and boastful. Also: Pronounced pao. Same meaning. Also: Pronounced lao. Xiao zhou, much talking. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bao. Xiao xiao, a sound. Also: Pronounced miu. The delusional talk of a madman.