Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: 鍤 Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 1314, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced cha (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced cha (entering tone), the sound is cha. Explanation of Writing (Shuowen): A needle for sewing outer garments. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A shovel. Explication of Names (Shiming): Cha means to insert. It is used to insert into the ground and raise the soil. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Yellow River and Irrigation: Raising shovels like clouds, opening channels like rain. Also sometimes written in a variant form (zhuàn). Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explication of Implements: It is called zhuàn. Also used interchangeably as cha. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Treatise on Waterways and Ditches: Raising shovels like clouds. Also used interchangeably as cha. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Tian Dan: Personally holding a board and a shovel. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zhe (entering tone), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced che (entering tone), the sound is zhe. A needle for sewing clothes.