Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: 鍤 Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 1314, Entry 18 According to the Extensive Rhyme Dictionary (Guangyun), pronounced cha. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced cha. According to the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a needle for sewing clothes by the Guo people. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it also means a shovel. According to the Interpretation of Names (Shiming), it is named because it is inserted into the ground to lift earth. In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Book of the River and Canal: Lifting shovels like clouds, opening channels to make rain. It is also sometimes written in a variant form (si). According to the Er Ya, Records of Vessels, it is called (si). It is also commonly written as (cha). In the History of the Former Han (Qianshu), Treatise on Waterways and Irrigation: Lifting shovels like clouds. It is also commonly written as (cha). In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Tian Dan: Personally holding a wooden board and a shovel. According to the Extensive Rhyme Dictionary (Guangyun), pronounced che. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced che. A needle used for joining clothes.