Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 461, Entry 19 Pronounced bai (rising tone) The meaning is to open or to flick. To arrange and shake. Guangcheng Ode (Guangcheng song) by Ma Rong: To arrange livestock and distribute birds. Seven Orders (Qi ming) by Zhang Xie: The hooked claws were destroyed, and the saw-like teeth were flicked. Poem by Han Yu: Thunder rumbles throughout heaven and earth. Also, pronounced pai (rising tone) The meaning is the same. The original character is written as [bai]. Also written as a variant form. Used interchangeably with the character [bai].