Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 438, Entry 12 Pronounced cai (falling tone). Same as the character cai (to gather). It means to pick or pluck, to obtain, and also means to select. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce): To cut grass, graze livestock, gather firewood, and pick greens; no one dared to peer through the East Gate. Note: Large bundles are called xin, small bundles are called cai. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Liu Kun: The old saying goes: In the mountains there are wild beasts, so even wild vegetables are left unpicked. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Geography: In the twenty-first year of the Kaiyuan era, fifteen roving inspectors were established to supervise, functioning like the provincial governors of the Han dynasty. Commentary: The character cai originally consisted of claw and wood, with the claw representing the hand. Later people added the hand radical to write it as cai.