Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Kou Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 884, Entry 12 Supplement to the Dictionary of Characters (Zihui bu) Pronounced kou. It is a tool used for weaving fabric. In Jin Renshan's Discussion on Hemp Ceremonial Caps (Lun ma mian), it is mentioned: To weave thirty sheng of cloth, one requires a reed with one thousand two hundred eyelets.