Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Hair (biāo) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 1452, Entry 40 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xiu Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xiu Pronounced xiu. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Spring (Chunguan), Carriage Attendant (Jinche): Painted in red and black (xiu shi). Commentary: Xiu refers to a color that is mostly red with some black. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Money Makers (Huozhi Zhuan): One thousand lacquered wooden implements (muqi xiu zhe qian mei). Commentary: Xu Guang states: Xiu is lacquer. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Empress Zhao (Zhao Huanghou Zhuan): The hall was coated in lacquer. Commentary: Shigu states: Coating objects with lacquer is called xiu. In the current customs of the Guandong region, items that have been repeatedly coated with lacquer are called shaoqi. Shao is a phonetic variation of xiu. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Same as the variant form (xiu). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Same as the variant form (xiu). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ci. The meaning is the same.