Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Xu Kangxi strokes: 8 Page 182, Entry 14 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xu. Jade Chapter (Yupian): To blow out air. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Same as ou (to vomit). Classic of the Way and Virtue (Daodejing): Either exhaling or blowing. History of the Former Han (Qianhan): Exhaling and inhaling like Qiao Song. Commentary: Both exhaling and inhaling refer to opening the mouth and emitting breath. History of the Former Han (Qianhan): Joyful and agreeable. Commentary: Agreeable refers to speech that is compliant. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): With a shout and a scolding, then the servants arrive. Commentary: To shout is to berate. It should follow the foot radical. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hou. The sound of the throat. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced gou. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Established the Right Worthy King of Huli as the Chanyu. Extended Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced hou. Extended Rhymes (Guangyun): Same as the character hou (to roar). Sometimes written as a variant form (hong). See the previous note on the character for roar. Guo Pu, River Rhapsody (Jiangfu): The rushing current thunders and roars like lightning. Commentary: To roar is to wail. Exegetical Commentary (Shiwen): Pronounced hou. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xu. Same as the character for blowing (xu). Sometimes written as a variant form (xu), meaning to blow. Extended Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xu. Extended Rhymes (Guangyun): To spit out foam. Zhuangzi, Heaven's Revolution (Tianyun): Fish moisten each other with foam. Sound and Meaning: Pronounced xu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): To warm with one's breath. Sometimes written as variant forms (xu), (xiu), or (xiu). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced gou. Same as the character gou (the cry of a pheasant). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): A pheasant flew up and perched on the ear of a tripod and cried. Also, rhythmic adaptation pronounced shao. Wang Yi, Nine Longings (Jiusi): The clouds are thick and the thunder flashes, the lonely fledgling is startled and cries out.