Chen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Lack (qiàn) Xiao Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 572, Entry 15 In the Jade Chapters (Yupian), the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is the same as xiao (whistle). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to chant. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wang, it says: "I whistle, long and drawn out." According to the Mao Commentary (Maozhuan), it means to whistle in a prolonged manner. Xiao is the ancient variant seal script form of the character xiao (whistle).