Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) 扠; Kangxi strokes: 7; Page 418, Entry 04 Pronounced cha. To hold or grasp. Han Yu (Han Yu) poem: Greedy grasping for a full portion of living meat. Also, the name of a tool. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven (Tianguan), Fish-spearing official. Commentary: Used to spear fish in the mud and catch them. Also, pronounced chai. To strike. Also, pronounced chuai. Same as the variant form (chuai). To press something with a fist. In the Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), it is commonly written as the variant form (cha). Sometimes borrowed and used as the variant form (cha).