Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Wood (mù) Entry: You Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 547, Entry 17 Pronounced you (falling tone). In the Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining Script and Analyzing Characters), it means to pile up firewood and burn it. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), it refers to cutting firewood, piling it up, and burning it. The commentary states that this refers to the act of piling up. The annotation notes that it refers to cutting wood in advance to serve as firewood, which is then gathered and piled up for burning during sacrifices to the Sovereign Heaven, the Supreme Deity, the sun, the moon, and the constellations. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), it is used to describe the burning sacrifice performed for the deities of the inner sphere, the deities of fate, the master of wind, and the master of rain. Sometimes written in a variant form (yí), (yōu), or interchangeably with (yǒu). Also pronounced you (falling tone). Also pronounced you (rising tone). The meaning is the same. Textual Research: In the Shuowen Jiezi, the original text reads to pile up fire and burn. According to the Jiyun, it has been corrected to read to pile up wood. It is also commonly used as (yóu). According to the Jiyun, it has been corrected to (yǒu).