Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) 傴; Kangxi stroke count: 13; Page 114 In Tangyun, pronounced yu; in Jiyun and Yunhui, pronounced yu, in the rising tone. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen Jiezi): To be bent over or hunched. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Duke Zhao, Year 7: "Upon receiving the first command, one bends low; upon receiving the second, one stoops; upon receiving the third, one bows down; then one walks along the wall." Book of Rites (Liji), "Regulations on Mourning Attire": "One who is stooped should not bare the shoulder." Commentary: "To bare the shoulder of one who is stooped is unsightly, therefore it is not revealed." Huainanzi (Huainanzi), "Treatise on Uniform Customs": "One who is stooped can be made to apply plaster." Commentary: "A stooped person applies plaster to the ground, taking advantage of their bent posture." Commonly read as ou. Sometimes also written as the variant form zài, which is incorrect.