Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi strokes: 14. Page 447, Entry 18. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced e. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced e. Shuowen Jiezi: To grasp. Guangyun: To hold. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Liu Jing: Grasping the throat of the world and patting its back. Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on the Long Yang (Changyang Fu): To grapple with bears and brown bears. Commentary: To grasp or hold. Also, to hold in the hand. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Zhou: Yang Youji set aside his bow, grasped his sword and said: How can a guest teach me to shoot? Also, Records of the Grand Historian, Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices: None who did not grasp their wrists. Commentary: To fill the hand is called e. It is interchangeable with the characters pronounced e and e. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ye. Also, to hold. Also, Pronounced yi. To pull. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ai. To choke or restrain.