You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 誘 Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 1162, Entry 15 Ancient text written as (yǒu). Pronounced yǒu. Pronounced yǒu. Pronounced yǒu. Pronounced yǒu. Glossary of Exegetical Terms (Erya): Defined as to advance, meaning to guide or promote. Book of Odes (Shijing), Preface to Hengmen: "Hengmen is to guide Duke Xi." Commentary (Jian): Defined as to advance, meaning to guide Duke Xi. Jade Almanac (Yupian): Defined as mutual encouragement, meaning to exhort. Wide Rhyme (Guangyun): Defined as the way, meaning to guide or enlighten. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Great Announcement: "Therefore I greatly transform and guide the rulers of my friendly states." Commentary (Zhuan): To influence their stubbornness and guide them toward compliance. Book of Odes (Shijing), Shao Nan: "A young woman pines for spring, a fine man guides her." Commentary (Zhuan): To guide. Wide Rhyme (Guangyun): Defined as to teach, meaning to instruct. Ceremonial Rites (Yili), Village Archery Rites: "Guide the archery." Commentary: Defined as to teach. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Defined as to beckon, meaning to attract or call out. Jade Almanac (Yupian): Defined as to guide or attract. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Tenth Year of Duke Xi: Xi Rui said, "The gifts are generous and the words are sweet; this is to lure me." Meaning that if gifts are heavy and speech is sweet, it is an attempt to lure me. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of King Goujian of Yue: "The Grand Minister of Wu, Bo Pi, is greedy and can be lured by profit." Meaning that since the Grand Minister of Wu, Bo Pi, is greedy, he can be enticed with profit. Also interchangeable with (yǒu). Book of Odes (Shijing), Great Odes: "Heaven guides the people." Correct Meaning (Zhengyi): Commentary states that (yǒu) and (yǒu) are interchangeable. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music: "The poem says: To guide the people is very easy." Commentary: States that in the original poem it was written as (yǒu). Also voiced as yǎn nǚ qiē, pronounced as yǔ. Han Yu, Poem on the Holy Virtue of the Yuanhe Era: "There is fear of its evil, there is baiting and luring. They emerge in abundance, marching in the tens of thousands." "Number" is pronounced in the rising tone. Original character written as (yǒu). Variant forms written as (yǒu) and (yǒu). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Variant form written as (yǒu). The original structure of the character is composed of (yǒu) and (chǔ).