Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 190, Entry 13 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qiao. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Small. Also, in Broad Rhymes: The dark shape of a pot's mouth. Book of Rites (Liji), Throwing Pot (Touhu): Such a one has a crooked arrow and a small pot. Annotation: Crooked and small, an appearance of being not upright. A humble term. Explanation of Text (Shiwen): Pronounced qiao, also pronounced jiu. Also, in Collected Rhymes: Pronounced you. Same meaning. Also, in Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes, Rhyme Meetings: Pronounced qiao. Explaining Writing (Shuowen): To not accommodate. Also, in Rhyme Meetings: To talk excessively. Model Sayings (Fayan) by Yangzi: Etiquette and righteousness are excessive and talkative. Also, in Collected Rhymes: Pronounced shao. The same as the term for a broad chest and slender back (yao). Records of Trades (Kaogongji) in the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): A large chest and slender back. Annotation: Read as shao, meaning slender and small. Explanation of Text: Pronounced shao. Liu and Li pronounce it as yao; Shen pronounces it as sao. Ma Rong's Ode to Guangcheng: A large chest and slender back. Also, Shaobian, the title of a song in the music bureau (yuefu). Also, in Correct Characters (Zhengzitong): Any place where garrison troops guard against thieves is called a watchpost (shao). Also, in Collected Rhymes: Pronounced tiao. The mouth is not straight. Also, in Broad Rhymes: Pronounced xiao. Collected Rhymes, Rhyme Meetings: Pronounced xiao. Same meaning. Also, in Collected Rhymes, Rhyme Meetings: Pronounced sao. Dialects (Fangyan) by Yangzi: In the western border regions of the Qin and Jin states, from the Ji and Long areas westward, the term for using a dog is shao.