Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: xue Kangxi stroke count: 7 Page 179, Entry 11 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xue (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced xue (falling tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): A small sound. Zhuangzi, Section on Ze Yang: To blow upon the hilt of a sword, it is but a xue sound. Commentary: Sima Biao states that the hole in the pommel of a sword, when blown, makes a xue sound, like wind passing through. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To drink. Also, Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced chuo (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chuo (falling tone). Explanations of Graphs (Shuowen): Originally written as chuo, meaning to sip or drink. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form, commonly written as chuo. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xue (entering tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Same as jue. The appearance of being rapid. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jue (entering tone). The sound of a bird.