Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 447, Entry 10 In Compilation of Rhymes (Jiyun) and Treasury of Rhymes (Yunhui), it is pronounced qiao. It means to strike horizontally. It is sometimes written in a variant form (gao). Also, in Compilation of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced kao. It means to be in opposition to one another. It is the same as the character for relying or leaning upon (kao).