Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) 摑 Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 449, Entry 12 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced guo (rising tone). To slap, to strike. Also written as a variant form. Sometimes also written in a variant form. Also refers to slapping the ear. Equivalent to the character meaning to strike. Also Zheng Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced guo (entering tone). Meaning is the same.