Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Character: You Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 120, Entry 28 Pronounced you. Erya (Erya): "Youyou" means harmonious. Book of Odes (Shijing): "Spreading governance in a harmonious manner." This refers to the virtuous and harmonious governance of a ruler. Also, "youyou" refers to being gentle and soft. Book of Odes (Shijing): "Harmonious and gentle is your rest." Also, Book of Odes (Shijing): "Heaven sends down its net, it is ample." Commentary: It means moistening. Supplementary Note: It means broad. Also, Shuowen (Shuowen): It means abundant. Also, it means rich and harmonious. Book of Odes (Shijing): "Already abundant, already moistening." Also, it means having surplus energy. Analects (Lunyu): "If one has surplus energy from official service, then study." Also, it means superior, a term used in contrast to inferior. Also, Xiao Erya (Xiao Erya): "You" means many. Also, Zheng Yun (Zheng Yun): It means to tease or joke. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan): Song Huaruo and Yue Pei, when young, were intimate with each other; when they grew up, they teased each other. Also, "yiyou" refers to the appearance of being bent, servile, and flattering. Also, referring to actors or performers. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu): Dongfang Shuo loved humor, and Emperor Wu kept him as an actor. Also, Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan): The groom of the Bao clan became an actor. Correct Meaning: "You" is a name for a type of performance. Discourses of the States (Jin Yu): There was the actor You Shi. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): There were You Meng and You Zhan, both skilled at acting, and thus they were known by the prefix "You." Also, a surname. Also, pronounced ou. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu): "Yiyouya" refers to language that is not yet decided or firm. "Ya" is pronounced ya. Also, used interchangeably with "yao" (the level tone). Book of Rites (Liji): "The waist seam is half of the lower part." Zheng's Commentary: "Yao" is sometimes written as "you."