Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Zhuo Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 657, Entry 15 Pronounced zhuo. As defined in the Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters (Shuowen): to wash. Book of Odes (Shijing): One may wash the sacrificial vessels. Commentary: Zhuo means to cleanse. Ceremonial Rites (Yili): Reporting back that the washing utensils have been prepared. Commentary: Zhuo means to irrigate or rinse. Also, cleansing the heart is called purifying (sa zhuo). Zuo Zhuan: Purifying his heart. Also, according to the Approaching Correctness (Erya): Zhuo means great. Book of Odes (Shijing): The king and his dukes are indeed great. Also, meaning bright. Book of Odes (Shijing): The hooks on the chest straps were bright and gleaming. Also, according to the Extensive Refinement (Boya): Zhuo zhuo means fat or plump. Also said to mean to play or wander joyfully. Book of Odes (Shijing): The doe is plump. Also, the appearance of a mountain without trees or grass. Mencius: It is because of this that it is so bare and barren. Also, to drink. Commentary on the Book of Etiquette (Liji): When about to give someone a drink, one kneels and says: "I grant you a drink." Zhuo means to drink. Also, the name of a lake. Record of the World (Guangyu Ji): Zhuo Lake is located in Xinchang County, Ruizhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province. Pronounced shuo. The appearance of water. Pronounced zhao. Extensive Refinement (Boya): Sao zhuo means the water used for soaking grain (xiu). One source says it means to wash clothes. Also, the same as oars (dao). History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu): Singing the song of the rowers on the Yue boat. Commentary: Zhuo is the same as dao (oar). Pronounced zhu. Tao Qian (Tao Yuanming) poems: Washing my mouth and washing my feet in the vast ford. Gazing into the distant scenery, I find joy in the sight.