Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Zhao Kangxi Stroke Count: 5 Page 172, Entry 07 Pronounced zhao (falling tone). According to the Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters), it refers to commenting. Wang Yi states that using one's hand to signal is called beckoning, while using words to summon someone is called zhao. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Gan Shi chapter: Deploying troops at the land of Gan, thereupon summoning the six ministers. Book of Odes (Shijing), Qi Feng chapter: Summoning him from the Duke. Book of Rites (Liji), Quli chapter: When a father summons, do not merely respond without action; one must stand up immediately. Also pronounced shào. Equivalent to the character shào. According to the Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), it is a place name. Book of Odes (Shijing) Preface: The poem Gan Tang praises the Duke of Zhao. Commentary: The Duke of Zhao had the surname Ji and the personal name Shi, with his fief located in Zhao. Also a surname. According to the Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), it refers to the descendants of the Duke of Zhao. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Biographies of Meritorious Officials: Zhao Xinchen was a man from Shouchun in Jiujiang Commandery. According to the Records of Surnames (Shizu Bokao), during the Spring and Autumn period, Zhao and Shao were the same surname, which later diverged into two; families in Anyang of Runan all write it as Shao.