Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi stroke count: 15. Page 450, Entry 01. Tang Rhymes (Tang yun): Pronounced chi. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced chi. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To unfold. Zengyun: To spread, to scatter. Also to originate. Ban Gu, Reply to the Guest's Jest (Da bin xi): To spread literary talent like spring flowers. Also according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced li. To stretch or spread. Same as the character chi. See the note for the character chi for cross-reference. Originally written as chi, now written as chi. The placement under the eleven-stroke section is an error. The character chi is formed from the radical for hand.