Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Tiny (yāo) Kangxi stroke count: 5 Page 342, Entry 02 Ancient script. Pronounced you (falling tone). Book of Rites (Yili), Explanations of Words (Erya): You means young or immature. Explanations of Names (Shimingshi): You means few. It refers to a short time since birth. Book of Rites (Liji), Songs of Refinement (Quli): A person at ten years of age is called youxue. Commentary: You refers to the period from birth until the age of nineteen. Therefore, the Tan Gong chapter states: A childhood name is given at three months. The Cap Ritual states: Cast aside your childhood aspirations, which refers to the period before nineteen as youth. The Commentary on Mourning Garments (Sangfu Zhuan) states: When the child is young. Zheng Kangcheng explains: This refers to those under fifteen. Here it states: At ten, one is called youxue, meaning one begins to study at ten. Also refers to cherishing the young. Mencius: Cherish my young, and extend this to the young of others. Note: You here carries the meaning of cherishing. Also the name of a currency during the reign of Wang Mang. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on Food and Money (Shihuo Zhi): A coin with a diameter of eight fen and a weight of five zhu is called a you coin, with a value of twenty. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yu (entering tone). The meaning is the same. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yao (falling tone). You refers to the subtle and refined. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Eulogy of the Records of Emperor Yuan: To exhaust the depths of the subtle. Note: You is read as yao. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody of the Long Gate (Changmen Fu): The sound is subtle and marvelous, rising and falling. Also interchangeable with the character meaning to bend or stubborn (ao). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The character meaning to bend is sometimes written as you.