Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 435, Entry 23 Pronounced chui (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters) states: to strike with a staff. Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi), Biography of He Kui: impose the punishment of flogging. Also, to pound. Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Chapters: if one wishes to eat dried meat, pound it and then eat. Sometimes written with the wood radical as chui. Also pronounced chui. Same meaning as above. Also pronounced duo. Equivalent to chuai. Zhuangzi, Knowledge Wanders North: those who measure the weight of hooks. Note: to weigh the lightness or heaviness of the hook. Chui is sometimes written as the variant form. Originally written with the hand radical. Commonly written as chui.