You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1223, Entry 22 Pronounced ci (rising tone). Meaning: to step or tread upon. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): To step or tread. Boya (Erudite Refinements): Refers to walking while wearing shoes, or treading. Shiming (Explanation of Names): To step means to calm or pacify. Using the feet to tread upon something to make it compliant. Liezi (Book of Master Lie), Chapter on Heavenly Elements: Just like walking and treading, moving about on the ground all day, why worry that the earth will collapse? Huainanzi (Masters of Huainan), Chapter on Customs of Qi: There must be those who walk in straw sandals, treading upon the ground, with tattered and incomplete clothing. Zuo Si, Ode to the Capital of Wu: Preparing to lift a foot to tread upon it. Annotation: To step is to tread upon. Also, pronounced zu (rising tone). The meaning is the same. Also, pronounced zi (rising tone). Describes the appearance of walking.