Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) 堞 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 233, Entry 09 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced die. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced die. The parapet wall on a city wall. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), 27th Year of Duke Xiang: Lupou Bi attacked the Cui clan; the Cui clan built a parapet for their palace and defended it. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wei (Wei Du Fu): Lofty walls and deep moats, surrounded by parapets and girded by riverbanks. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tie. The meaning is the same. Explication of Written Characters (Shuowen): Written as. Or written as.