Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Yu Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 197, Entry 12 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yong. Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Shuowen): A fish mouth appearing above the water. Guang Yun (Guangyun): The appearance of a fish breathing at the surface. Illustrations of the Han Poetry (Hanshi Waizhuan): When the water is muddy, fish breathe at the surface. Poem by Yu Jianwu: At the river pool, breathing at the surface. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Stretching the neck and rising on heels, with a gasping sound, all vying to return to righteousness. Commentary: Pronounced yong, meaning the mouth is directed upward. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): One definition is the sound of the mouth. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced yu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A fish mouth opening and closing. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): One definition is the sound of the mouth. Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Voices harmonizing with one another. Zhuangzi, Discourses on Making All Things Equal (Qiwulun): The former sing out, and the followers sing in response. Pronunciation and Meaning: Pronounced yong, also pronounced yu. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of the Diviner (Rizhe Zhuan): You people are like petty, murmuring folk; what could you know of the way of the virtuous elders? Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ou. Meaning the same. Zhuangzi, Pronunciation and Meaning: Also pronounced dou. Also pronounced yu. Describing the appearance of fish mouths gathering at the surface.