You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Ou Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 1178, Entry 09 Pronounced ou. Guangya (Encyclopedia of Refined Words): To sing. Yupian (Jade Chapters): To chant. Zhengzitong (Comprehensive Dictionary of Characters): Ou is a specific style of singing, while ge is the general term for singing. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Qin intends to employ beauties to engage with Chu, sending those in the palace skilled at singing ou as marriage accompaniments. Liezi: Xue Tan studied ou under Qin Qing. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A song from the State of Qi. Book of Han (Hanshu): Once the King of Han arrived in Nanzheng, the generals and soldiers all sang ou, longing to return to the east. Shigu Commentary: Refers to singing in unison. Others say it is a song from the Qi region. Also a surname. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan): Yue official Ou Yang. Also written as the variant form ou. Xunzi: Comfort them and soothe them (er ou). Commentary: Er ou refers to the sounds made by an infant. Ou is the same as ou. Also pronounced xu. To warm. Also, yu ou, the appearance of wanting to undergo transformation. Zhuangzi: Xu Yi heard it from yu ou. Commentary: To sing in order to provide joy. The syllable yu is pronounced wu. Also pronounced yu. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Meaning is the same. Lu Ji, Wu Qu Xing (Song of Wu Qu): Consort of Chu, do not sigh; Maiden of Qi, do not ou. Let the gathering listen clearly, listen to my singing of the Wu Qu. Ou rhymes with qu.