Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) Entry: Xiao Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 719, Entry 04 Pronounced xiao According to the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen jiezi), it means to be a fierce dog. Derived from the radical for dog, with qiao providing the phonetic. See the note under the entry for the character he. Also pronounced ju. From the Rhapsody on the Western Capital (Xijing fu) by Zhang Heng: A thousand chariots move like thunder, ten thousand riders approach like dragons. Beside the following chariots are carried the Xian and Xiao hunting dogs.