Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) 撤 Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 455, Entry 10 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhe. To initiate. Also, to remove. Analects of Confucius (Lunyu): He does not remove ginger from his meals. History of the Tang Dynasty (Tangshu), Annals of Emperor Gaozong: Because of the drought, he avoided the main palace and reduced his meals and removed musical performances. Also, according to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced che. Pronounced close to che. Also, to initiate. Also, to withdraw or to strip. The character originally followed the structure of the character representing a newborn, and dictionaries list it under that radical, therefore it is included in the twelve-stroke count. The character representing a newborn is inverted, written as the top part of the character followed by the bottom.