Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nü) Yu Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 269, Entry 01 Pronounced yu (falling tone). As stated in the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a mother. According to the Biography of Yan Yannian in the History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Han Shu), the five brothers of Yan Yannian were all high-ranking officials, and their mother was titled Mother of Ten Thousand Shiqing (a title of high status). Also, pronounced yu (rising tone). As stated in the Record of Music (Yueji) from the Book of Rites (Liji): "To warm and cherish, covering and nurturing all things." The commentary notes that heaven warms them with its vapor, and earth nurtures them with its form. It is also defined as an elderly woman. Also, pronounced kou (flat tone). Used in personal names. There is the figure Xia Ou Fu. Commonly written as the variant form (kou). Also, the name of a mountain. As stated in the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Mountain Yu, on which there is much beautiful jade, and below which there is much gold. Also, pronounced gou (flat tone). Meaning is the same.