Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) 16 strokes Page 718, Entry 27 Pronounced tiao. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): A dog. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): A mad dog. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): The name of a beast. Also pronounced tiao. Mad. Also pronounced qiao. Brave. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Account of the Xiongnu: To execute the fierce and untamed. Commentary: Jin Zhuo says: Pronounced qiao. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Commonly written in the variant form qiao. Also pronounced le. A mad dog. Also pronounced xiao. Fierce and untamed. Also pronounced qiao. Same meaning as above.