You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) Character: Da Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 1253, Entry 17 According to Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is ti (falling-rising tone). According to Dictionary of Characters (Zilin), it means slippery feet. In Wang Bao's Rhapsody on the Bamboo Flute (Dongxiao Fu), it is written: Its wondrous sound is pure, quiet, and satisfyingly still, smooth and orderly in its progression. Annotation: Da means slippery. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is ta (entering tone). It is the same as the character for escape. According to Extensive Elegance (Boya), it means to escape. Another theory states it means walking without meeting. Also pronounced da (rising tone). It is the same as the character for reach. It means to penetrate or communicate. Another theory states it means to alternate. Common variants include the characters written as da and da, which are incorrect. Textual research: In Wang Bao's Rhapsody on the Bamboo Flute (Dongxiao Fu), the phrase its wondrous sound is pure, quiet, and satisfyingly still, smooth and orderly in its progression. The character yan has been corrected based on the original text.