Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: Cuo Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 1306, Entry 15 Pronounced cuo (level tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A type of small iron cauldron. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Cuo is a small iron cauldron. Boya (Broad Refinements): A small metal cooking vessel is called a cuo. Also, pronounced zu (entering tone). The meaning is the same. Sometimes written in a variant form (zu). Also, pronounced cuo (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): People in the Shu region call it a gu. Du Fu poetry: Earthen cauldrons cold with sparse smoke. Commentary: Cuo, pronounced cuo (falling tone). People of Shu call a cauldron a cuo. Also, the same as cuo (to defeat or break). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Troops were defeated at Lantian.