You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Character: 跕 Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 1223, Entry 29 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced tie. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tie. Pronounced tie. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To tread. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Money Makers: Acting as singing girls or dancers, they strike the zither and tread their slippers. Commentary: To tread with the heel is defined as tie. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Treatise on Geography: Plucking strings and treading on shoes. Commentary: The term xie is equivalent to xi, referring to small shoes without heels. Tie refers to treading lightly. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced die. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced die. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced die. To fall. History of the Later Han (Houhan), Biography of Ma Yuan: Looking up at a flying kite, it falls fluttering into the water. Commentary: The term tie-tie refers to the appearance of falling. Category Chapters (Leipian): Also refers to walking slowly.