Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) 18 strokes Page 720, Entry 15 According to Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced xun. According to Jade Chapters (Yupian), it is written as xunyu. According to Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), the Xia dynasty referred to them as xunyu, the Zhou dynasty as xianyun, and the Han dynasty as xiongnu. According to Mencius (Mengzi), King Tai served the xunyu. According to Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written in a variant form. It is also commonly written as xun.