Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 451, Entry 25 Pronounced chu. According to the Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is chu, sounding like chu. According to the Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters (Shuowen), it means to extend or loosen. Also, chu-pu is a game. See the note under the plant radical for the character pu. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written in a variant form (lu). Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced chi. Chuli is a place name. Note: According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), the character for Chuli uses the wood radical, not the hand radical. See the wood radical entry for further information.