Supplement Zi Collection Radical: Person (rén) Character: you Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 120 Classified Compendium of the Sea of Characters (Pianhai leibian): Initial yu and final qiu combination, pronounced like you. The essence of the five grains, appearing like white human hair. Character: you. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui) use the combination of initial yu and final qiu; Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) uses the combination of initial yu and final you; pronounced like you. Erya (Erya), Explicating Instructions: Youyou means harmony. Book of Odes (Shijing), Sacrificial Odes of Shang: The administration of the government is mild and harmonious. This describes the harmonious and joyful nature of a ruler's virtuous governance. Also youyou, meaning mild and gentle. Book of Odes, Greater Odes of the Kingdom: Gently and at ease you take your rest. Also Book of Odes, Greater Odes of the Kingdom: Heaven is sending down its net, and it is indeed abundant. The commentary states this means profuse. The annotation states this means lenient. Origin of Chinese Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): Abundant. Also means abundantly saturated. Book of Odes, Lesser Odes of the Kingdom: It has been abundant and profuse. Also means having surplus energy. Analects (Lunyu): If one serves in office and has surplus energy, then he studies. Also means superior, used as the opposite of inferior. Minor Erya (Xiao Erya): You means many. Correct Rhymes: To tease or joke with. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Sixth year of Duke Xiang: Hua Ruo of Song and Yue Pei were intimate in their youth and joked with each other when grown. Also yiyou, describing a sycophantic or fawning appearance. Also refers to court performers or entertainers. History of the Former Han (Qian Han shu), Biography of Dongfang Shuo: Shuo was fond of humor, and Emperor Wu maintained him as a court entertainer. Zuo Commentary, Twenty-eighth year of Duke Xiang: A stableman of the Bao clan became a performer. The Orthodox Interpretation states that you is the name of a performance. Discourses of the States (Guoyu), Discourses of Jin: There was a performer named Shi. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Jesters: There were You Meng and You Zhan, both of whom were skilled in performance and famous for being entertainers. Also a surname. Collected Rhymes: Initial wu and final hou combination, pronounced like ou. History of the Former Han, Biography of Dongfang Shuo: The phrase yiyouya refers to speech that is unsettled. Ya is pronounced like ya. Also used interchangeably with the word for waist, pronounced in the level tone. Book of Rites (Liji), Deep Garments: The waist seam is half the width of the lower part. Zheng's Commentary states that the word for waist is sometimes written as you.