Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 458, Entry 11 Pronounced dang (falling tone). It means to pack up or organize. It is also written in the variant form bingdang. The Biography of Ruan Fu in the Book of Jin (Jinshu) records: Zu Yue was by nature greedy for wealth. While he was in the midst of organizing and counting his possessions, a guest arrived, and he was unable to finish packing and hiding them away.