Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Tap (pū) Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 471, Entry 14 Pronounced ao. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Written as, meaning to wander. Derived from go out and release. In Jiyun, the clerical script form is written as ao. Guangya: You-ao, meaning to play. Book of Odes (Shijing), Beifeng: To play and to wander. Shili Wenzi (Shili): Ao also written as ao. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing), Weifeng: Shuo ren ao-ao. Commentary: Ao-ao describes a tall appearance. Annotation: Also means to be joyful. Also, Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 13th year of Duke Zhao: Buried Ziqian at Zi, indeed called Zi-ao. Annotation: In the State of Chu, those without a posthumous title are all called ao. Also, Erya, Explaining Teachings: Ao-ao means arrogant. Sub-commentary: The Great Odes, Ban chapter says: Listening to my clamor. Mao commentary says: Means to be noisy. Ao, ao, and xiao have the same sound and meaning. Also, a place name. Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiaoya: Hunting beasts at Ao. Commentary: Ao is a place in Zheng, now near Xingyang. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 12th year of Duke Xuan: The Jin army was between Ao and Hao. Annotation: Ao and Hao are two mountains located northwest of Xingyang County. Also, a surname. Guangyun: Descendants of the legendary Emperor Zhuanxu, Taiao. Also, same as ao (to boil/roast). Xunzi, Wealthy State chapter: The world is scorched, as if burned or charred. Also, same as ao (crab claw). Xunzi, Encouraging Learning chapter: Crabs have six legs and two ao. Annotation: Ao refers to the parts on the crab's head shaped like axes. Also, same as ao (clamor). Xunzi, Strengthening the State chapter: The common people are clamorous. Annotation: Ao means loud and noisy. Also, pronounced ao (falling tone). Same as ao (arrogant). Meaning to be rude. Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiaoya: They are not arrogant. Annotation: Not arrogant or rude. Book of Rites (Liji), Qu Li: Arrogance must not be allowed to grow. Sub-commentary: Ao is the name for pride and rudeness in the heart. Erya, Explaining Words: Ao, wu, means arrogant. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Celestial Offices: The Winnowing Basket constellation is the ao guest. Annotation: Ao means to tease or ridicule. Also, Guangya: Ao means reckless. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Derived from tap and written as ao. The character ao was originally written with the tap radical. Textual research: In the Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), 12th year of Duke Zhao, according to the original text, changed two to three.