Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Big (dà) Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 253, Entry 25 Ancient text form. Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) pronounce it as duo (rising tone). To take by force. Record of Food and Money (Shihuozhi) in the History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu) states: Great merchants and wealthy families must not forcefully seize from my people. Annals of Emperor Jing (Jingdi Ji) states: Exploiting and seizing from the common people. Wangdao Chapter in the Writings of the Master (Wenzhongzi) states: Those who are lenient in bestowing must be fond of seizing. Also, to reduce or remove official salaries is called seizing. Analects (Lunyu) states: Seized three hundred households of the Bo family in Pianyi. Also, a narrow path. Book of Rites (Liji), Zili Gong states: Duke Zhuang of Qi attacked Ju at Duo. According to the Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), twenty-third year of Duke Xiang: The Marquis of Qi attacked Ju, Qi Zhi and Hua Huan carried armor, entered at night, and arrived at the tunnel of Qieyu. Du Yu's commentary notes: Qieyu is a city in Ju, and a tunnel is a narrow path. Zheng Xuan cited this to prove the classic, saying: The sounds of tunnel and duo are similar. Recently it is also said: It is sometimes written as dui. Based on this, duo is not a place name. Duo is the ancient character for duo, and dui is an abbreviated form of duo. The scholar Hao failed to research this and mistook the pronunciation as dui; lexicographers followed this and explained it as a place name, which is incorrect. Also pronounced que (entering tone). Bai Juyi's桐花诗 (Tonghua Shi) states: Why is it that here in the Ba Gorges, the paulownia flowers bloom in the tenth month? Plants and trees are sturdy and strong, what they are endowed with is indeed difficult to change. Also read as di (entering tone). In the Dadu Shou: Stones may be red, but they cannot be seized; the integrity of a scholar is essential. The character originally written as duo includes the hand radical.