Zi Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Person (rén). Ao. Kangxi Stroke Count: 13. Page 114, Number 19. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): wǔ dào qiè. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): niú dào qiè. Rhyme Assemblies (Yunhui): yí dào qiè. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): yú dào qiè. Read as the departing tone of the character áo. The meaning is disrespectful or arrogant. Do not be as arrogant as Danzhu — Book of Documents (Shujing). Arrogant intentions must not be allowed to grow — Book of Rites (Liji). Furthermore, to speak of things without being asked is called being impetuous — Xunzi, Encouraging Learning (Quanxuepian). The character is originally written as ào. It is sometimes used as a phonetic loan for the character ào and is interchangeable with the character ào. In the original woodblock edition, the character was written using the variant form zuò.