You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Die Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1223, Entry 13 Pronounced die Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To kick. Another definition is to exceed. Gongyang Zhuan (Gongyang zhuan) on the twenty-fifth year of Duke Zhuang: What does the term si mean? It means die. Commentary: Die means to exceed. Yangzi Fangyan (Fangyan): Die means to stumble. Yupian (Yupian): To fall down. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Chao Cuo: To stumble and not recover. Commentary by Yan Shigu: To stumble or trip; to lose one's footing. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Treatise on Harmonics and Calendars: There are no errors or discrepancies. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Kong Rong: To be unconstrained and unrestrained in speech. Commentary: Lacking rituals or self-control. Huainanzi (Huainanzi), Chapter on Cultivating Efforts: Master Mozi traveled rapidly and covered a thousand leagues. Commentary: Die means to walk rapidly. Jiyun (Jiyun): Pronounced tu. Leipian (Leipian): To injure the foot.