You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Walk (zǒu) Zhao. Kangxi strokes: 14. Page 1217, Entry 50. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zhao (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhao (falling tone). The pronunciation is the same as zhao (falling tone). Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): The appearance of walking with quick steps. Also, Explanation of Names (Shiming): Zhao means to have an audience. Originally a small city state that would go to have an audience and serve a greater power. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Zhao has the meanings of few or long in time. Also a surname. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), House of Zhao: King Mu of Zhou granted the city of Zhao to Zaofu; from that time on, it was used as a surname. Also, a state name. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Treatise on Geography: The territory of Zhao corresponds to the celestial fields of the Mao and Bi mansions. Zhao was separated from the state of Jin and became the state of Zhao. Also, Yangzi’s Dialect (Fangyan): The horizontal bar of a bed is called zhao in the Southern Chu region. Annotation: Zhao should be written as zhao (falling tone), which is the result of a phonetic shift. In the Central Plains, the horizontal bar is also called tiao chuang, both of which are related. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tiao (rising tone). The pronunciation is the same as tiao (rising tone). Or written as a variant form, used interchangeably with zhao. It means to pierce. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zhou: Its hoe is used to pierce. Commentary (Zhuan): Zhao means to pierce. Sub-commentary (Jian): Using a farm implement to pierce. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qi (rising tone). Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zhou, Explanations of Texts: Shen Zhong reads it this way. Also, same as diao. Xunzi, Discussion on Rhapsodies: The head is pointed and long, appearing to flutter and wind around. Annotation: Zhao is read as diao. Diao means the appearance of something winding and long. Also, Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu): Rhymes with lü (rising tone). Cui Yin, Expressing Ambitions: Lu Zhonglian used eloquence to make the Yan army retreat, and Shen Baoxu relied on his words to preserve the state of Chu. Tang Ju, with white hair, made the King of Qin realize the truth, and Gan Luo, while still young, avenged the state of Zhao. Textual Correction: Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen) says, to walk in the manner of zhao. Following the original text, the character has been corrected from the variant to the standard form.