Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Hao Kangxi stroke count: 8 Page 183, Entry 09 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xiao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced xiao. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Hao-ran, meaning the appearance of being large. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Hao-ran, meaning the appearance of being empty and large. Zhuangzi, Free and Easy Wandering: It is not that it is not large; I smash it because it is useless. Note: Zhengzitong states that the ancient edition by Guo Xiang wrote this as xiao, but this cannot be verified at present. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as hao. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced hao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The sound of wind. Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): The sound of shouting or angry cries. Zhuangzi, Discussion on Making All Things Equal: The great earth breathes out, and its name is wind. This wind, if it does not blow, it is fine, but once it blows, it causes ten thousand apertures to howl. Pronunciation and Meaning: Hao, pronounced hao. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form. Standard Character Guide (Zhengzitong): Writing it as hao is incorrect. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hou. Zhuangzi: Ten thousand apertures howling in anger. Read as hou according to Xu Miao. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hao. The meaning is the same.