Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 461, Entry 01 Pronounced bai (rising tone). Means to open or to push aside. To arrange and to sway. As in the line from the Praise of Guangcheng (Guangcheng song) by Ma Rong: Arranging the livestock and distributing the birds. As in the line from Seven Admonitions (Qi ming) by Zhang Xie: The hooked claws were destroyed and the saw-like teeth were pushed aside. As in the poem by Han Yu: The space between heaven and earth reverberates with thunderous sounds. Additionally, pronounced pai (rising tone). The meaning is the same. The original character is written as (bai). It is also written in a variant form (bu). It is used interchangeably with the character (bai).