Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 446, Entry 27 Pronounced yao. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): To move. Book of Odes (Shijing): My heart is agitated. Commentary: The meaning of a heart being anxious and having nothing to cling to. Record of Trades (Kaogongji) in the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): Clamp it and shake it, according to the tapering of its fullness. Also, Erya (Approaching Elegance): To arise. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu): About to soar and rise, with whom shall I make an appointment? Commentary: It means that when one is about to exert oneself and rise high, one cannot make an appointment with anyone. Also, Zhaoyao, a star name. Record of Rites (Liji): Zhaoyao is above. Commentary: The Spring and Autumn Yundoushu states: The seventh star of the Big Dipper is Yaoguang, which is Zhaoyao. The Rhapsody on the Great Man (Daren Fu) by Sima Xiangru in the History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu): Arranging the deities at Yaoguang. Commentary: Zhang Yi said: Yaoguang is the first star at the tip of the handle of the Big Dipper. According to the commentary on the Rites, these two stars are one, which differs from the commentary in the History of the Former Han. Also, Fuyao, a violent wind. Erya (Approaching Elegance): A gust of wind is called a gale. Commentary: Wind rising from below to above. Also, Buyao, a type of head ornament. Book of Odes (Shijing): With the fu-headdress and six jade ornaments. Commentary: The Buyao is a remnant form of the fu-headdress. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu): Wearing a headband and a shaking ornament. Commentary: The headband is such that when one walks it shakes; the headband is what is now called square-meshed gauze. Sometimes written as a variant form. Commentary on the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): The fu-headdress covers the head, like the modern shaking ornament. Glossary: Originally written as yao. Also, Xiaoyao, the appearance of soaring and hovering. Same as xiaoyao (to wander freely). Record of Rites (Liji): Confucius rose early, carrying his staff behind his back, wandering to and fro by the gate. Also, Xuyao, meaning a short moment. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu): The spirits remain briefly, approaching for a moment. Also, a surname. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu): Marquis of Haiyang, Qi Xin, named Yao Wuyu. Pronounced yao. Also means to move. Poem on the Moonlight over the Frontier Mountains (Guanshan Yue) by the Later Lord: The city walls are high, meeting the halo, the humid wind carries the shadow as it shakes. The cold light shifts along the mountain peaks, the chilled colors contain the steepness of the hills. Follows the flesh radical, not the claw radical. Also written as a variant form. Separately listed under the eleven-stroke section. The character is written with yao below. The flesh radical is written as moon.