You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Walk (zǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 1217, Entry 01 Pronounced zhao (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to walk fast or to hasten. According to the Explaining Names (Shiming), it means to pay court to, referring to a small town paying respects to a great power. Also means few, or long duration. Also a surname. According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in the Records of the Zhao House, King Mu of Zhou granted Zaofu the city of Zhao, from which the Zhao family name originated. Also a name of a state. According to the Geography Treatise in the Book of Han (Qian Hanshu), the Zhao territory corresponds to the astral field of the constellations Mao and Bi. The State of Zhao was formed from the partition of the State of Jin. According to Yang Xiong's Dialects (Fangyan), the crossbar of a bed is called Zhao in the region of Southern Chu. The commentary notes that Zhao should be written as the character for omen (tiao), as the sounds have shifted. In the Central Plain, it is also called a tiao bed; these terms are interchangeable. Also pronounced tiao (rising tone). Alternatively written as the character for jump; also used as a variant of the head character. It means to pierce. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), in the Odes of Zhou, it is written as its plow share pierces. The commentary explains that this means to pierce. The supplementary note explains this refers to piercing with a farming tool. Also pronounced qi (rising tone). According to the Explanation of Characters in the Odes of Zhou, Shen Chong read it this way. Also equivalent to the character for swing or shake (diao). In the Xunzi, in the Discourse on Rites and Music, it appears as a sharp head that shakes and waves. The commentary notes that here it should be read as swing, describing something long and swaying. Also rhymes with lü (rising tone). In Cui Yin's On Reaching the Ultimate, Lu Lian used distinct speech to repel the State of Yan, and Bao Xu used a single promise to preserve the State of Chu. Tang Ju used his gray hair to enlighten the State of Qin, and Gan Luo, with his youthful teeth, brought recompense to the State of Zhao.