Notes: Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: City (yì) Pronunciation: zou (lowering tone) Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 1275 Longkan: A common variant of the character zou. Zou: Tangyun and Zhengyun: cè jiū qiè Jiyun and Yunhui: zāi yóu qiè, pronounced zou (lowering tone). Shuowen: A county in Lu, formerly the state of Zhu Lou, enfeoffed by a descendant of Emperor Zhuanxu. Xu notes that the state of Zhu was renamed Zou by Duke Mu of Lu during the time of Mencius. Also used interchangeably with zou. Shiji, Biography of Meng Qing: Mencius was a person from Zou. Also a surname. Guangyun: During the Han Dynasty, there was Zou Yang. Zihui Bu: cóng qǔ qiè, pronounced ju (rising tone). Shiji, Genealogy of Confucius: Followers like Yan Zhuo zou. Zhengyi: Zou, pronounced ju. Commonly abbreviated as zou. For further details, see the note on the character pou.