Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Character: Chu Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 458, Entry 08 Pronounced chuo. Identical to the character (suo). To stab and retrieve soft-shelled turtles or shellfish. Book of Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), Ze Yang Chapter: In winter, one stabs turtles in the river. Han Yu, Prayer to the Crocodile: With nets, ropes, and stabbing blades, to eliminate insects, snakes, and harmful creatures. Sometimes written as the variant form (shu). Also written as the variant form (jue). Also pronounced chuo. Also identical to (suo). Also pronounced zhuo. Also pronounced shu. Also pronounced chu. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced zhu. Book of Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), Commentary on Stabbing Turtles: Read as (zhu).