Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Jar (fǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 945, Entry 47 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xia (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced xia (falling tone). Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): A crack. Earthenware that cracks easily when fired. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): An aperture or crack. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Account of the Tian Qi Clan: However, they were unable to bridge or mend the gaps and cracks. Also interchanged with the pronunciation of hu. Corrections to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun Zheng): In the Judgment Commentary of the Book of Changes (Yijing), it is said that all fruits, grasses, and trees sprout and break through their shells. In the commentary by Zheng, it is noted that the term for breaking through is pronounced hu. In the Sound and Meaning of Lu Deming, it is noted that hu is pronounced like xia (falling tone), which is effectively the character for crack. The ancients read the character for crack as hu. In the Book of Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Gao, the note regarding the anointing of war drums states that Ying Shao said it means to slaughter animals and smear their blood on the drums. To anoint is also read as hu, and hu is the same as the character for crack.