Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: Che Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 455, Entry 12 Pronounced che (rising tone). Meaning: To tear apart. Guangya (Encyclopedia of Refinements) explains: Cheche, meaning to open or to unfold. Liu Kezhuang's Postscripts (Liu Kezhuang tiba) mentions: Figures like Wen Tingyun and Li Shangyin were often hindered in their creative writing by excessive fragmentation and the stitching together of classical allusions.