You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Walk (chuò)
Kangxi Strokes: 20
Page 1266, Entry 16
Pronounced yao.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To intercept or block.
Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Tao Qian: Wang Hong sent an old friend of Tao Qian to carry wine to the middle of the road and intercept him.
Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): To invite.
Poetry of Li Bai: Raising a cup to invite the bright moon.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): To seek or obtain. Commonly written as the variant form (jiao).
Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong): A petty person takes risks to seek good fortune.
Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Commonly written as the variant form (yao).
Mencius (Mengzi): Sent several men to intercept him on the road.
Also: To cultivate one's innate nobility in order to seek worldly nobility.
Textual Research:
In the Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Tao Qian, the original text reads that Wang Hong ordered a friend of Tao to carry wine and intercept him on the road; the character has been corrected to the standard form.